This is the age old method of killing free markets. You make as much as you can, and you fight to close the door behind you. How many people here are actively participating in governance with HP they earned from grinding out posts? The fact that people can rise in network influence organically and participate in governance is a big reason I am here. Take that away, and I'd seriously considering leaving.
Yeah, the reward pool is arguably the best thing about this place that provides us with a lot of decentralization. Everyone obsesses about token price going up and they fail to realize that a declining token price can be super healthy as long as coins are flowing from the whales to the plankton on average.