The community appears to have moved towards screaming scam every time they see the potential for a coin developer to make some money on a coin they created, released, and supported.
So as a community, what method of remuneration would you be happy with?
I would think that a coin developer who believes that his coin will succeed would probably already own significant amounts of the coin that he is developing. Just like the case with Satoshi and Bitcoin. By simply contributing to his own project and helping to push the coin forward, he would be enriching the value of his own coins.