Hey gftea,
I’m very skeptical of the EOS fee model. I think users should always pay for what they use, nothing more, nothing less. I have doubts about the economics behind the “free to use” model, since fees are traditionally used directly or indirectly to secure these networks. The truth is these world computers have limited resources and there should be liability for how much computation and space you are taking up. The fee in EOS case however seems to be hidden in the inflation, so you are granted RAM based on your EOS holdings, but your value gets diluted through inflation, and in return you get computation access which you may or may not be using. Fees will always be subject to free market principles, and we are already seeing block producers making a lot of money selling RAM fees. I think it’s more of a marketing tool than a crypto-economic breakthrough.
