As someone who has had cards reholdered due to adhesive marks, I'd prefer the stickers be optional.
At a high level, I think there is a trend in the hobby to really value centering to the extent that sometimes I see a lower grade card sell for more than a high grade example and when I look closely, I can often assign centering as the explanation i.e. well centered cards with soft corners can get strong prices. The other thing I notice is that the TPG companies, in my opinion, do not seem to place much weight on a card having a clean surface. I've often seen cards graded 7+ with significant toning/discoloration and similar bright clean cards go unrewarded and wind up with low grades despite having somewhat of a pack fresh look. In theory, in my opinion again, if the TPG companies adjusted for these two issues, the discrepancies between "eye appeal" and "technical grade" would start to go away.
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