neither of you were spending money, but rather fiat-USD currency which is continuously devalued by the resulting inflation. Okuma is just trying to keep up with the purchasing power of the revenue passing through his books daily.
The owners of the site will do nothing as making even a logical change that will benefit the members, will be of no benefit to themselves. They run this site to make money, not friends
Bear in mind that the underlying purpose of this site, and any business for that matter is not necessarily to please it's customers. A business usually exists to generate revenue for it's owners. The question that I always asked in my work was "what if I do not do anything" after reviewing a...