Did you bring up these concerns when practically the same virtual currency (Frontier Points as opposed to Arx) was implemented in 2015 for Elite on Xbox, or in 2017 on PS4?
Do you feel the game and/or gameplay has changed since Frontier Points were implemented?
Elite Dangerous' virtual currency usage is 4 years old. Is Elite Dangerous more Free2Play now than it was in 2015?
I play on PC & hadn't heard of Frontier Points before the ARX FAQ thread, they just weren't on my radar. My wife says she has a similar intermediary currency on her Nintendo account & it appears to be a more or less standard part of the console experience, like itunes for an Apple device. My son has something similar with steam vouchers - he doesn't have a credit card of his own (he's 12 ). Paypal is another example, there's always a little bit of unspent cash in the account.