[zmmmmm]

sounds like it validates that this is about him pursuing profit too hard / inappropriately.

He's sarcastically pointing out that he has no personal profit motive.

[lossolo]

Who knows, money is not the only thing that motivates us. Power, influence, fame, ego etc are the thing that drives people too and can blind them.

[zmmmmm]

absolutely, hence why it's a bit disingenuous on his part to make that point in that way (assuming that was his point).