Imho it's a pretty bad practice. The killing of exploits without...
1) setting up an alternative process more enjoyable than the one players used to discard in favour of the exploit
2) cancelling the benefits obtained by using said exploit
... is doing one thing: it encourages players to abuse every future exploit like there's no tomorrow. Like it or not, play for the journey and not the destination if you want, a vast amount of players play to see numbers go up. And these shortcuts will make numbers go up faster. And they're risk-free: since the gains are never cancelled, you don't even risk losing your time. No-range-limit rares, seeking luxuries, donation missions, Robigo, Sothis and now board-switching: you name it, they fixed it, and everyone kept the ill-gotten gains. The ones that did not abuse it are simply left poorer, lower ranked, and facing a massively longer time wall to reach the same situation as the posters with a Cutter in their signature that keep telling them that it's for their own good. I don't even like the Anaconda and wouldn't recommend it unless you're really after the most boring ship in the game, but I feel like strangling a kitten every time I see a Anaconda owner telling other players they really don't need a Conda and should enjoy being poor. Of course, were I to actually strangle a kitten, that crowd would probably tell the kitten that life is overrated anyway.
It doesn't matter to you, fine, we get it. But you're not alone, and though I'll never see the stats to prove/disprove it, I suspect it does matter to a large majority, hence why the game was designed with money/ranks to watch increase in the first place.
As a disclaimer, I don't need any of these anymore personally, Sothis was a convenient money maker for me, getting me a tradeconda that got me even more money through more Sothis (as well as that ridiculous 300m reward CG), and board refresh also helped me with the higher fed ranks to get a toy Corvette. I still fly the Dropship most of the time, but it's fun every now and then to play with the mini Star Destroyer or any other ship from a large fleet that can be repurposed with barely a concern for money. I quite enjoy that, and wish good luck with future exploits that will grant the same opportunity to people coming behind. Well, unless FD grow some guts and resets all progress so that everyone can enjoy the new rules on an equal footing.
