Lot's of discussions in here are dancing around the main point
but no one's making it
because it's either already very much implied
or sounds kind of naive,
but allow me
Subsidizing your frequent customers at the expense of your infrequent ones is
anti-competitive and anti-consumer and obviously not strictly a scam but somewhat scam-adjacent.
It all seems like very race-to-the-bottom type stuff.
I'm not much of a ban-happy guy but honestly I'd be open to the idea if it were not so unfeasible.
Subsidizing your frequent customers at the expense of your infrequent ones is anti-competitive and anti-consumer and obviously not strictly a scam but somewhat scam-adjacent.
It all seems like very race-to-the-bottom type stuff. I'm not much of a ban-happy guy but honestly I'd be open to the idea if it were not so unfeasible.
Related https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24654363