I orginally came in this thread to bitch and say that why should SE allow you to play for free anymore. But i think the demo option is a great idea. A lot of people are interested in FFXIV and SE needs to send the message that they want you to view their progress to win back your trust regardless of if they want to play FFXIV or not.

The final fantasy series has always relied on a consistent level of polish on all of its RPG titles, and FFXIV really hurt this reputation and open viewing of FFXIV would really restore a lot of peoples faith that don't want to pay for FFXIV but are curious if SE still has the ability to polish they're games before ripping of they're customers.