I doubt that $750 will "thin the industry" very much. AVS is another way of making some money and if you make enough through that, then you use that cash to pay your own billing fees and go with your own startup company.
What this will do is push webmasters to look for alternatives. Web900 billing should get a boost by this. I know of a few billing solutions which should profit very well from this "scare" and they should. If $1500 is scaring someone into leaving the business, then I feel sorry for them.
It's funny how a bunch of people go from bragging about their cash and their toys, to crying for something that should be chump change for them!
I'm not making mass money, but in this case, I'll have to accept this deal as a bump in the road. I'll go over it, pass it and go on.
