Hello, i totally respect your point of view and this is a very interesting story but i am sorry that i do not agree with you :
" There will be time enough for us all to make decisions in the years to come and, for those we absolutely refuse to ever leave the present SL and go to a new platform, all you have to do is keep the present SL profitable."
I am worrying about my inventory, the future of my friends and mine. Keeping the present SL profitable ? for who ? Linden Lab ? you ? (your avatar says that you are not anymore in SL but you still have a marketplace shop) or me ?
This is only about common sense : i will buy far less and my main avi and friends too. Nowhere in real life, people continue to purchase goods when they know that it will be old fashioned soon. The second reason is that, without further informations, i am supposed to start a new life (no idea about the new prices (land, items and so on), also it is already time for saving money. Yes the new world will start maybe in two years but even i am forced to start again as newbie, i will not be really one (i am always a 4 years old in actual world) : i cannot imagine me using basic stuff and basic appearance for years like i did the first time. All will cost money (real money) especially if we get a supposed to be fantastic new world !
Your last sentence is for me like "Put one hand on your ears/eyes and the other one in your wallet"..I am not convinced. :-)