
Originally Posted by
Nalien
The thread was initially about; "Hey people complaining about the cash shop! Read the ToS, your argument is invalid!", which is simply not true.
Yes. SE holds the right to introduce a cash shop. They also hold the right to make it so you can only be in Heavensward zones for 30 minutes a day, and put potions to extend that duration another 30 minutes for 10$ a piece on the cash shop.
This is about feedback. No where in the ToS does it say we are not allowed to provide feedback, in fact these forums exist explicitly to give us a place to leave out feedback. People are providing feedback about how they dislike the idea of a cash shop, others are apathetic and arguing for some reason. People are welcome to provide feedback saying they dislike the cash shop, even if they agreed to the possibility in the ToS. People are also welcome to provide feedback saying they like the cash shop, though I'm not seeing any. What I really don't get is the apathetic individuals in the middle who don't care about the cash shop, but do care about telling people who don't like the cash shop to shut up. They are not providing feedback, they're just telling people to shut up when if anyone should, it's themselves that should.
And that's up to the developers, not random consumers on the forums who don't care one way or the other. All such people are doing is muddling feedback. When a thread gets made along the lines of "I don't like the cash shop", the apathetic descend and reply "I don't care, shut up". The impression that then gives is that there are individuals who want to see the cash shop gone, and individuals who want it to remain, when in truth we have individuals who want it gone and individuals who simply don't care, but are responding to topics about something they don't care about anyway.