squareenix = business, business #1 goal is to make money.

people who played V1 helped them out alittle on softening the money lost & helping development with ideas, so out of there kindness which is amazing for a big company to do theses days, they did us a favor and helped us out too with the legacy status.
people who quit & moved on or new people have to pay as normal. your paying for a service. why should they lose profit for people who didnt want anything to do with the game, now the same people want all the spoils.