Define "working". The lock is actually working "as intended", that is, the servers slowly bleed players. And if people actually pay for a transfer elsewhere, all the more money for them - we call that "side benefits".

I dunno. If you leave the perspective of the players on the servers and instead take the perspective of the company, the lock is a raging success. Well, until a significant amount of people unsubs over it. But really, who does?