Frontlefthamster, when you say that there are things afoot in the regulatory world which appear likely to put a stop to commercial operations outside controlled airspace, do you mean that commercial operations outside CAS are to cease ? or alternatively that all airspace encompassing commercial operations is to become controlled?
There are incidentally many GA users who are out there "for a purpose" and not for fun, (including business use and aerial work etc,) just as the majority of holidaymakers in the metal tubes are out there for fun and not for a purpose.