bikejournal premier member fee increase!

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I've been reading this thread with some interest.
I originally started using BJ because of the call for TE members to join and boost the mileage for the club.
Apathy initially kept me from becoming a premium member - together with the fact it's not my primary method for logging my stats. Being a complete nerd at heart, I took the time to devise my own spreadsheet, which can give me all the statistical functions I want and it's easier for me to log all the relevant info I want/need.
I was also unemployed for several months on arriving to NZ and had other priorities for my spare cash.
I continued to use BJ to log my mileage, but no other data - and it's been fun to watch my place go up in the list and keep track of the team mileage/goals, but as others have said, it bears no relation to reality because it means nothing by itself. 100km of hills are different from 100km of downhill/flats - and ultimately I only care about my own performance and improvement.
As I understand it, Slantz provides two levels of membership - free and premium. I'm absolutely incensed that I'm being branded as a "freeloader" for using a service that someone is seemingly happy to provide free of charge. I understand the principle that paying for premium membership is supporting development of the site, etc. etc. but if the guy doesn't want people to use his service for free, it's HIS perogative to ask all members to become premium and charge a fee for membership - I don't see why others are taking the moral highground just because premium membership is something they choose to take advantage of.
Because it's not my primary method of logging, I see it as an additional useful feature, but certainly don't feel compelled to pay premium membership - whether $10 or $100 - to simply log my miles.
This is probably coming across as very arrogant and selfish - but the point I'm trying to make is that at the moment there are two levels of membership which he makes available - because I'm using it as a secondary and haphazard tool, I choose the basic free membership. Why does that make me a freeloader? If Slantz were to charge for membership then I would simply revert to using my own spreadsheet.
I salute all those people who take full advantage of the site and are happy to support Slantz, but don't appreciate being lambasted for using a service that is being willingly provided free of charge.
Again, the primary reason I joined was to contribute to the TE miles, goals - if this isn't welcome as a free member, then I'll happily withdraw my contribution.
Obviously I in no way condone abuse of the system, ie duplicate memberships, etc. etc.