Those can be business decisions too though. It depends on whether or not the real / lucrative customers will notice, or maybe the noisy customers who will be all over twitter because a dev figured they'd make a big change like this on their own.
Throttling and tiering can definitely affect more people than you might suspect (like spiky services) and considering data and use are important.
Throttling and tiering can definitely affect more people than you might suspect (like spiky services) and considering data and use are important.