But now unfortunately the Wikimedia foundation has a motive to block such a proposal, in order to not threaten their revenue stream And that's the problem with

But now unfortunately the Wikimedia foundation has a motive to block such a proposal, in order to not threaten their revenue stream And that's the problem with making money off convenience. If the free thing becomes better, then it cannibalizes the paid stuff. So if you take this approach to funding, you will want the free tier to be perpetually bad as much as possible.