You are right and this is not something that is discussed enough: the new restrictions hurt only direct purchasers.I understand you’re not affected and that you don’t care about others, but my question was:
How do these new restrictions better serve the ownership?
Because until I can understand how the restrictions help the ownership, I will see this move only as an attempt by Disney to line their pockets at ownership expense. Maybe these restrictions never effect me, but I have to wonder how the next, more severe round might. Or how much they can devalue ownership before the legs come out from underneath all of us and no one wants to buy into the system anymore. Hyperbole? Maybe. But these restrictions are a slippery slope of diverting ownership value to their coffers, not unlike the 2020 reallocation that diluted ownership interest wholesale across the resort we each bought into in order to increase their point stakes in each resort.
Who will buy Riviera and future resorts resale will know very well about the restrictions. They will either pay less for the lost flexibility or they'll love the resort so much that they'll be ready to pay a higher price to stay there.
Some of people who purchase direct know about the implications and they either don't care because they don't plan to sell and value the flexibility of staying at all resorts and are ready to pay a premium.
The true losers (if really prices crash) here might be the people who buy direct and have only a modest or null knowledge of how the system works. People who are caught with pixie dust in their eyes while on vacation and may discover the sad reality of having purchased a timeshare that is worth much less than they paid for.