>I see why PUTM, would disagree with an increase, they're being charged for something mostly provided by them, I come here for the content, they're knowledge, are they getting a share of the profits?, no, they're getting they're fee raised.

I agree, there is no incentive to pay to contribute.


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>If I worked on my own I'd probably pay for a membership, but I don't, I would expect my employer to do so, but I couldn't justify it, since I can post and get answers for free.

Yep.

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>I don't have nearly the level of knowledge of a lot of people here, but I try to contribute once in a while, trying somehow to give back some of the help I've recieved, and I don't appreciate being called a "freebie boy".

I guess a lot of this rests on the fact that UT is asking those that ARE paying to pay more so that they can better service the free people. That's the true inequity here. So that gets solved by nobody paying and letting nature take its course.