Agree with all of what you said and thanks for responding. The hobbling I have in mind is targeted such that it wouldn't practically impact users that probably

Agree with all of what you said and thanks for responding. The hobbling I have in mind is targeted such that it wouldn't practically impact users that probably wouldn't pay anyway (class projects, hobby projects, etc.). I'm probably not getting that point across clearly and my actual situation would take some time to explain. Overall this is more a thought experiment than something I'm actively considering though. The more realistic approach I'm going to take is either open core or dual license.