kind of. the devs have also raised ideas like releasing their own .plebbit name service which could only be purchased with PLEB (current usernames and subplebbit can use .ETH and .SOL addresses. the PLEB from sales would fund development. additionally, the devs have also considered implementing a token tax that could burn PLEB or be used to purchase PLEB or fund devs. it could also be interesting to release more NFTs for plebbit for a AVI only purchasable through PLEB that would be burnt.
also plebbit isnt necessary to use the protocol. plebbit is unironically not sneeded.