Even in the face of BlueGartr demonstrably showing that it's possible SE could make more money by lowering the price...

You guys want to argue that they should charge full price and make less money out of some sort of misguided "I'm more blindly loyal than you" contest? I just don't see a convincing argument coming out of those arguing for full price here. I was hoping one would turn up, but I think I should get used to disappointment.