SR71, your argumentation gets lost in the fog of your righteuosness. What supply and demand has to do with pioneers in invention and engineering is something only you know.
At the end of the day, if you say no, someone in the very long queue behind you will say yes. The line is just too long and solidarity is not present. Only a minority of the applicants are even using the site anyway. Before you conjure up allegations of me selling out, I am already LHS and never paid for a rating, but I don't control how the management manages. That's what they get paid for.