Just surprised by a few reactions in the past 2 months, especially by people who don't want to make an income playing poker.
A few things that might change your mind:
1) Microstakes poker (PLO)
The difference between Pokerstars and Runitonce Rake for Microstakes PLO is insane. Rake is just so much lower for RIO, especially if you're streaming your games. If you're having any doubts that this isn't true, check out:
https://www.twitch.tv/nutraisin , he's been doing a great job building a bankroll at PLO20 on RIO.
2) Anonymous games
As a pro, you lose your HUD edge. As a more recreational player, you benefit from that. As players don't have to be afraid of being berated on RIO, they make huge mistakes and play more how they "feel" like playing. Alltogether you won't get exploited nearly as much on RIO as on pokerstars, for playing 60/35/10 because it takes time for people to recognize that and you can always play shorter sessions too. (Reset is 4hours)
3) Support & funds being safe
You literally can talk to team RIO on Discord - this is not possible anywhere else in the same manner. Also, if you somehow end up comparing Fergusson/Lederer with Galfond for the security of your funds, have a little bit of trust in your ability to judge people.
4) Sitout Bugs etc
Yes, bugs are annoying, also to me. However, all this bug does is costing you 1BB when you've timed out / sitout for 12 minutes. You often forget that you also benefit from others being affected by this. It's not only you who posts 1 BB with a trashy hand
5) Splash the pot /RB
If you trust in your ability to play poker, you simply can't hate on STP. You will get a lot more from this feature than the average player, either by fighting for Splash pots harder or by benefitting from others who go overboard.
On the other hand, if you play poorly, STP might make you lose more. But isn't that what you want/say you want?
Think about it, how many times have you heard a player berate another player at the live poker table for doing something stupid. At RIO this just gets amplified by STP
6) Action
Yes, you're not getting the traffic as on bigger sites - how could it be? RIO is in Beta and just launched this year and is competing against sites that have been around for over a decade.
Personally, what I'm still missing is HH's - Seeing what you did in HM2 just benefits your learning a lot.