Almost a decade of freelancing with customer all over the world with little more than an email exchange most of the time and I have had next to zero issue with

Almost a decade of freelancing with customer all over the world with little more than an email exchange most of the time and I have had next to zero issue with getting stiffed. Requiring written contracts will likely force businesses to use services Freelancer.com which will just mean that instead of one on one relationships you'll be forced to compete against a pool of competition racing you to the bottom and won't get paid directly.