Well,I'm sure a 300 milliin USD donation could probably modivate them to invest in new hard ware and the extra bandwidth to add a few thousand plots per server... but short of that there are really only two options. Weed out players that likly arent coming back (lapses of over 6 months in my oppinion are most likly not coming back.) or abandon housing development all togeather like the lost cause it seems to be because of the "Bart Simpson Paradox" player base.

In all things, both online and IRL, sacrifices have to be made. And I'd personally rather solo players, dead FCs, and especially large FCs who own multiple abandoned plots to loose them in favor of people who will use and apreciate them than for paying players to loose out because of a few [Kupo]ers that buy up all the land then never log in again.

As far as SE goes, if its a Lose Lose situation with the fan base they're going where the cash flow is. And I cant blame them for that.