[BoorishBears]

Who cares if you agree as a buyer?

In the early days the value proposition for both sides was staked on curation, but yeah you're totally right: their install base expanded until it encompassed enough people who don't mind having barrels of slop shoveled down their way... and that allowed them to do away with the curation.

But if you're on the other side of the equation that's paying for the privilege of being in dumped into the slop trough it's not a good deal.

You're paying the same amount to get dumped into a cesspit with minimal support as the earliest titles were paying to be hand picked like a golden child and paraded around high-intent buyers.