I agree that we need wallets with a nice UI, but I think throwing funds at wallets makes sense only after we have somewhat stable transaction building. The transaction building process still keeps changing very often. I think it's best to first make it stable to avoid the need to fund multiple rewrites until we get it right.
I've not seen any evidence about the council predetermining the outcomes of funding requests. You can disprove this by:
1. Providing screenshots of this happening
2. Having a very clear and obvious disagreement on a public meeting where the council overrides the outcome
If you don't have any of the above, it means they are baseless accusations in which case I'd ask you to please stop spreading such views. Also, council members are free to discuss and form their opinion in a private chat.
Sure, Grin probably has some problems that it needs solving. But the single most detrimental thing I've seen on Grin is a part of the community being stuck in a negative loop which they keep reinforcing. It's very easy to get stuck in negative thoughts and complain about things, but that's very unproductive and definitely not a good way to solve the issues. A good first step would be to stop with the "council is malicious" mentality that is getting pushed and instead realize that we all want the best for Grin, we just don't necessarily agree what best is. I'm sorry I turned my response into this, but I feel it needs to be said after seeing this narrative being pushed around several times.