Quote - Now I think I'll skip the coupons too...

well, dont let it stop you from using them - just understand why youll see many merchants putting products on sale whenever one is released. with an upcoming 30-50% shared coupon,  a vendor may choose to put their store on 1-10% off just to avoid losing 30-50% of their income -- its their only way to opt out.

if Renderosity removes our opt-out, expect price raises across the board. if they issue a 90% off promotion with no opt-out, then i will tell Renderosity to raise the base price of my product by 90% for the duration of the coupon. im simply not going to have the control over my prices usurped by anyone.

for non-vendors to understand what this feels like, imagine this:

you spend weeks knitting a unique wool sweater with very elaborate cabling/stitching.  its one of a kind. you bring it to the neighborhood craft/knitting store and agree with the owner that they will sell it in their store, and you get to keep 50% of the sale price. you tell them that is fine, you would like it priced at $100.

a week later the owner of the store phones you up and tells you that your sweater sold, come and pick up your money. you head over there and they hand you a $20 bill, and say heres your cut - they had to put it on sale for 60% off to sell it.
'but i didnt authorize you to put it on sale for 60% off'
'we made the decision to do so because our sales were slow at our store'.

^thats whats happening here.