I don't think it matters why it was imposed. Whether it's from companies like Garmin/TomTom or from owner. It's his forum, his rules. Simple as that. Whether it survived or not is another story. Nevertheless, this is the forum NOW, learn to live with it or move on
BTW, my quote in Garmin forum is just that, it's Garmin (some of us knows more than others). It doesn't applied to TomTom.

P.S. What is that? A yellow sausage stick?