I have cracked out north of 1,000 graded cards, submitted 0 (if I was selling something high grade nice, I might do it because it might be more profitable, but there is 0 point in grading until you sell), and have ~75 or so in slabs now largely because I've had to promise sellers I will not crack them out in order to get them from people who know my penchant to liberate everything
. I agree it is a stupid game, paying money for an appeal to authority to an unknown person at a company who is demonstrably incompetent over and over and over and over again. It's stupid, but if it makes money people will do anything, so it isn't going to change and while it can be fodder for some amusement it's not worth getting angry over or telling your buyers to fuck off for not paying graded prices for your raw cards or that you don't give a flying fuck what they think or want. Not many deals are closed for anything that way. You can't control other people, nor should anyone, so let them do what they want, have a laugh when PSA does something funny, and collect how you like.