More people giving less money means less pressure for deliverables, and less pressure from a single large entity. He wants to do what he wants to do because he

More people giving less money means less pressure for deliverables, and less pressure from a single large entity. He wants to do what he wants to do because he wants it, and as a bonus get paid for it. He's not doing it primarily to make money. That's the way I take it at least.