1. Buying and holding has traditionally been more profitable than mining.
2. Everyone who bought during the craze is about to become obsolete as a new generation of Nvidia cards come out and put them in negative profitability.
3. ASICs suck and so do ASIC coins, why would you launch a coin without ASIC resistant code?
?? Centralization, market manipulation, exclusiveness. If you're into that you need to GTFO, ASICs are cancer.
4. When Ethereum goes POS if you haven't sold your GPUs your screwed. Ether refugees will drive profits through the floor.
5. POW isn't going to win.
Good moral/ideology points but still waiting for the financial analysis proving me wrong on Antminer ASICs (specifically L3+ purchases).
Buying and holding seems to be riskier use of proceeds - at least with mining you have hardware and could potentially resale if price drops or a new version comes out.
I hear rumors that S9's will become obsolete this summer with new releases, so I agree that going all in on S9's right now probably not a great idea given the $2,600 price point.