Quote - Wow.  That is like forcing everyone to wear an airtight helmet, and then talking about charging for fresh air.  The bandwidth cost is a completely artificial and intentional cost that Renderosity chose to bear, in spite of many many people who do not want this and don't value it.

How's that again?

I've since changed my mind about it anyway. Or more specifically, changed my mind about discussing it.
My idea was like CG Society, where they have the free part and the subscription part. Very few seemed to grasp that idea and most people knee-jerked their way into thinking I was saying RO should charge everyone, so I lost interest in the idea. ;-)