So the only difference between a player with 0 investment and potentially 1000's invested is that the 0 investment players dont get a few pence a day in SPS. At this point just get rid of sps call every purchase a microtransaction and chuck it in a play store. Game is NOT play to earn, its not worth holding cards as they devalue with age and DEC is never going to get to peg as no one will need it with the free mode.
Its understandable from where your words are coming from. technically there are a lot of improvements which could have happened in the past. There has been multiple Play to earn games, which emerged and went out of the run due to several factors. Whereas, Splinterlands have survived through bulls and bears and still fighting its way back with all the updates.
I as an investor and a player have significantly invested my money and time when SPS was at its peak. Like many other investors we are watching what the team is trying to do with al the updates. I am not saying your words are incorrect and that is your own POV and I respect that. I as an investor and player would not take my funds away from Splinterlands as of this moment. As I have seen what it has down in the past whenever there is a good movement in the overall crypto market. I would rather stick with my guts and take my risk management steps.
Overall, its a free speech platform we all have our own way of doing things and own way of speculating. Lets focus on those terms and keep on going mate!