Come on @IvaRo - "greedy" is a little unfair...
But we now have two options:
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People who want to buy a single license and try it can do that as mentioned here:
Single license to try Pulse before committing to the Club - #3 -
When people are using Pulse more, it makes sense to join the club. They'll save so much more money.... so it's better for them and not "greedy"
But there's a choice, 1 or 2, so I think it's fair.
(There's a choice 3 called "WordPress", which is "free" right 
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As @instacks said, that is legacy code and we'll look at making that better in time.
A glimpse into what is coming is here:
And Future of Pulse is amazing! And very professional, not intermediate as you suggest.
Thanks for your feedback and hope you keep enjoying Pulse 