Well if you look at it like that: I've never received a gift from a friend nor went to a drop party where I picked something up (too slow). I have gotten (in order): 2 Santas 1 Purple Phat 1 Green Phat 1 Santa I have lost: 1 Santa from scam 1 Santa from lag + random 1 Purple Phat from stupidity during Quest If the updates had been in place, I would have easily gotten back the items I lost or never lost one. So if you consider those who have never received items from others, nor gotten things from drop parties, and if the update had been in place before, it would have helped a lot. Not everyone finds items, has random uber rich friends, friends that quit or get donations, andI'd say most people don't. So this update helps many of those people, though it limits the free items they could get, it probably would have benefited a lot more.