As Pinot pointed out when Simply More was rolled out, it's a price increase. Those that book excursions and have a beer or glass of wine do get a benefit out of it. It might be creating ill will for some, but perhaps the number crunchers see it as cutting out dead wood. You know, those folks with loyalty perks, booking cheapest rooms, have no on board spend, or what they do comes from free OBC. Oh wait, that's me half the time. LOL. 🤠
We all have choices to make, for the time being this seems to be the only game in town if you want to cruise Oceania.