I'm not sure I buy the premise. What does "we need to fund devs" actually mean?

I mean, aren't most devs already working for large Bitcoin companies? Do we do that for anything else? Do we specifically try to write blank checks to fund "HTTP devs"?

Lastly, and maybe most importantly, how would that even work? An ETF writes a check monthly to github committers? How? Pro-rata based on Lines of Code?

Or does it mean that all devs would work for same company and ETF pays them?

"Funding devs" sounds like a nice thing to say/do, but I think most people who say it don't actually ponder the specifics for more than 10 secs to see its fraught with uncertainty.