What Ronin is trying to say, since you clearly do not understand, is that back in the v0001/0002 days, there were no BL_IDs, and the game was free.
Yes, and there was a real trust system, one where you actually could trust people not to vandalize your builds, but now that blockland is full of untrustworthy people, we need something to enforce "trust."
It's quite sad if you ask me.