You should thank blizzard, you are paying to get rid of the addiction to the video game.The repercussinos of this are somewhat scary to me. Instead of taking 10 hours or so to farm the needed in-game gold to purchase an item from an AH, I can instead pay something like $3. In the past, I justified not doing that because it was illegal and could result in a ban; but now, how can I reasonably not do that? I work a job, making $XX thousand a year, so how can I not be willing to spend a few bucks to avoid a boring grind?
The "boring" grind is the game though...we do the grind to get the feeling of accomplishment, but now that feeling is gone too. I can have anything I want anytime I want it and I know anyone else that has something could have done the same. So instead of grinding for ten hours, I open my wallet -- but then what do I do with the time I saved? Watch TV? Than why did I buy the item?
The flip side to that then becomes to why not try and profit off the system? Spend time earing gear other's will pay for and sell it for real money. So what does that accomplish? Do the painful grind for cash? It's then like having a second job.
I love Blizzard, but this choice will very likely take all the fun out of the game. It's almost as if they've ignored the obvious psychological addictions people have for these games -- they've made the carrot to easy to reach. I will never be able to justify not purchasing something with actual dollars...