I think, from this story, you get a sense of how fragile and dependent "APing" is. I can't imagine relying on what amounts to the largesse of others to flex my skill set. You are at risk of being shut down at any time, and your skill set becomes completely nullified. This kind of dependency cannot be psychologically or emotionally healthy. You are basically a tumor on the body of institutionalized gambling. Once the institution recognizes you as foreign, you are surgically removed and have no recourse. It becomes a cat-and-mouse game as to how you can reinfect the body.