You're welcome to not take/seek the deal. For what it's worth, I have asked ~100 YC founders whether they felt it was valuable to them, and have had precisely

You're welcome to not take/seek the deal. For what it's worth, I have asked ~100 YC founders whether they felt it was valuable to them, and have had precisely one person say no. Incidentally, for virtually the entire startup era prior to YC, "two geeks with a gleam in their eye" was worth ~$250k. The first check from an angel to pay for ~6 months of rent and ramen bought 1/6th the company for $50k.