I believe it to be not about it "getting worse" but about SOE gravitating toward a micro-transaction model.
There is one small, yet tingling implication that comes with this. I believe that Sony in the past did not pursue the emulation community because they felt that unless an emu server was charging a subscription to play, then they would not have an easy win, simply because of the difficulty in proving financial damages (their business model and resulting income were simply at odds with this). Now with their micro-transactions aligning with donations* (on the emu side of things), it would be a lot easier to convince a court of this.
Doom-saying? Nah not really. I think it is something to keep in mind, though.
*Donations here refering to quid pro quo transactions in which players get in-game items on specific servers. Not donations given to the development team.
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