The coercive manner that sellers are being "encouraged" to list as free post probably sticks in my throat most of all.

Ehtical sellers who "choose" not to have free post listings due to its deceptive and false message to the consumer will have their listings demoted in searches.

Caving to this type of coersion ...Never

PS eBay thank you for the free listings mainly the auction ones as they  normally cost $1.50 on this ID