I literally don't have a dog in this fight. I don't like to upload any freebies offsite anyway, which is one reason why I have my own site, so I just post download links in the Freestuff Forum here at Rendo and the Freepository forum at DAZ.

As for Rendo's new policy, I don't see why everyone is whining so much. Rendo's offering free hosting, and free advertising to it's own vendors. And there's a simple fix for creators who want a link to their sites. Rendo can just add the link to the site in the freebie information.

I wouldn't worry about  the lazy people who want the down load in one click or less. They either want the freebie or not.  Same thing when I go to sites where I have to register. If I want the freebie bad enough, I register. If not, I don't.

But then again, that's just my thinking.