I think it's terrible. Unlike you, I don't have the luxury of a second computer devoted to uninterrupted streaming that I can use for recording. The Torrents were the ONLY way I could get my favorite mixes for listening to later AWAY from my computer. This is awful. And I especially loathe the unilateral way it happened, with NO input from the people who will be most affected. THE USERS!
It's a lousy thing that The Great Dictator, Gregory Ari Shoat would do. I never in my worst nightmares ever believed that Dan would do something like this with no user input before the fact. I'm extremely disappointed.