I fail to see the reason of some people's concern.
Funds are still distributed for free. Past has shown that target group of previous airdrops just dumps it. It's a natural choice to switch strategy.
The problem is most people don't like investing in coins with ~40% of supply undistributed, makes people nervous. The moon drops provided certainty, now there is uncertainty ... how long will the remaining coins take to distribute, will everything be transparent, will there be any surprises that make people dump etc
Tony is a smart guy, and has done extremely well so far, so I'm still hopeful, but I'd have preferred ending distribution asap.