I would agree on removing the rewards pool, only and exclusively if our community as a collective agreed in investing many other tons of further several hundred thousand dollars buying rally cars to promote, market and advertise our "social network" on the blockchain more efficiently.
As the only secure way possible that hive could be at the sight of the whole world and therefore attract and onboard a humongous number of real investors and true millionaires to our platform who undoubtedly would be willing to reward to us all the poor content creators with generous and juicy tips directly from their wealthy wallets, instead of the mere four cents coming from the rewards pool. 
Quite a bargain hehe. I have high hopes that the rewards pool will not go anywhere. Rondon has to convince the majority of stakeholders and users before it happens.