My guess is that LL is deliberately trying to consolidate anything requiring support to as few active accounts as possible, effectively farming out end-user support to those.
Hence things like the "turn openspaces into rentals or leave" strategy and the non-concern over fewer *individuals* being able to own mainland. I think LL would only be overjoyed if they could get rid of all the pesky smalltimers and let a few land barons and their support staff handle all the end-users.