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Originally Posted by Shaggy
I think the answer to a similar question regarding commercial books would receive two completely different answers depending on whether you asked publishers or consumers.
(1)Eliminate easy access, and people who otherwise wouldn't have participated in your service will (for some reason) decide to do so. Inconveniencing your regulars with a deliberately crippled product is justified in order to try to force the leeches to participate.
(2)Exposure and an improved product will increase the number of people participating in your service. The people who are only interested in leeching aren't worth worrying about, because they're unlikely to participate in your service either way. Focus on making the service better for those who participate, and more people will become participants.
It sounds like, for some people on here, their answer is basically the same as the publishers. You'd think they'd be more enlightened than that.
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Excellently put and sums up what I was trying to say but in a clearer manner.