Well no, it's clearly stated that the goal is to even the playing field, not change the rules. If SEOs build too many backlinks (and for big keywords you need t

Well no, it's clearly stated that the goal is to even the playing field, not change the rules. If SEOs build too many backlinks (and for big keywords you need them in the range of hundreds of thousands) they will get punished. What are they gonna do, build less backlinks? This is of course over-simplified but it does come across as a sound solution.