I'm rather upset about the fact that it was hidden. If it had been something out in the open, with an honest explanation, it wouldn't have bothered me half as much as it does. I think they're shooting themselves in the foot, though.

And actually, the reason I first upgraded to Paid was because I'd found a really cool layout, but the ads messed it up. And to be fair, there are plenty of people who are serious about LJ who can't afford to have anything other than a basic account.

But yeah--the secrecy makes me angrier than the act itself. Especially after all the run-around about how they were going to do better than 6A and they will communicate with the users and all that XD