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<blockquote data-quote="Fifth Element" data-source="post: 5137640" data-attributes="member: 48135">No argument that it's his right to do whatever he wants with the site, but starting a thread and inviting comments...invites comments.There are no ethics to debate here, just business practices. Possible customers are telling him that they don't like where this is going. That taking away something from your potential customers that you used to give for free has implications to the customer base. If he chooses to ignore this input, that's absolutely up to him. But it doesn't mean it shouldn't be said.It does make me feel a bit squirmy though, because back when he was asking for donations, some people raised the question of why we should donate money to a for-profit enterprise? The response was that EN Publishing was for-profit, but ENWorld was not. It was just supposed to cover its costs. If that's changed now, I'd appreciate a clarification.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fifth Element, post: 5137640, member: 48135"] No argument that it's his right to do whatever he wants with the site, but starting a thread and inviting comments...invites comments. There are no ethics to debate here, just business practices. Possible customers are telling him that they don't like where this is going. That taking away something from your potential customers that you used to give for free has implications to the customer base. If he chooses to ignore this input, that's absolutely up to him. But it doesn't mean it shouldn't be said. It does make me feel a bit squirmy though, because back when he was asking for donations, some people raised the question of why we should donate money to a for-profit enterprise? The response was that EN Publishing was for-profit, but ENWorld was not. It was just supposed to cover its costs. If that's changed now, I'd appreciate a clarification. [/QUOTE]

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