Welcome to my dream..ok..back to topic."what's investment per se got to do with points raised by dnaelor"?
Many people are invested in DASH, contrary to his 'points', and the few people who back his 'points' are invested in a competing coin.
I'm actually invested in BTC and Sia at the moment, and I still think it's valid. He said he was gonna do a lot of shit and DID apparently back down. Dunno if he had explanations for it, though.
Being critical of a coin/dev/community on a technical or ethical basis is fine, especially when it's done in a civilised manner. You would fall in that camp. When it's done ad nauseum, in an aggressive, militant manner, by a group of individuals who are invested in a competing coin - well, the motivation is obvious.
The thing is that he promises a lot and doesn't deliver.
How will Evolution turn out? Stealth development, no public testing, no peer review, nothing.
Will he "change his mind" about certain aspects as well?
The cool wallet features will probably stay. It's nice and shiny. But will he deliver on default instant mixing? And if so, when?
Will it work? Will is keep working when stress tested by millions of users? Is it safe to sue? No attack vectors on the anonymity side?
FYI: there are coins out there that already have default instant mixing that do have some "thumbs up" from reputable bitcoin/crypto people