I don't mind the fee increase. In fact, it's long overdue. My only gripe is the infant lifetime license costing 2.5x more than it currently stands ($200 to $500). I have one for one kid, but if I have another kid in the future I'm not going to be able to fork out $500 for a hobby my kid may not even enjoy. $500 is a lot of money to invest on something that you won't be able to see a return on in 15 years. Other than that I'm all for the increase.
I agree with this 100%. The huge infant lifetime increase and the 60 year old senior lifetime more than tripling in price are the two items I have the most heartburn with.
I turn 60 in October 17 and was looking forward to buying the senior licence, but if this happens, $300+ won't even make economic sense for me just to cover the 5 years until the lifetime is free (at least until they wipe that out as well).