I agree with this statement 100%, and I have said many times that I learned more on this site then I could have ever imagined.
I will point out however that I never learned **** from the site itself or the software or the forum staff or the Ads. I learned everything from the knowledge and experience of the MEMBERS who took the time to post and share their valuable information.
Whatever the motivation for these recent changes, I don't consider anything that further inconveniences or frustrates the contributing members (the actual value of all of this) to be any kind of an improvement. Period.