I vote for they stay the same.
Rizzet I don`t think it`s so much as they take ped. But the fact that they try to skim as much as possible away from the player. Which makes it harder to profit, chip out etc. And in fact some of the skim has been in decay in many areas like clothes, armor tax, amp nerf causing less eco hunting possibilities, skill nerfs causing more missed shots and things like that. So not that they are taking ped but making it so that as little as possible leaves the universe which in turn does make
MA richer in assets or our money. It`s a way to boost percieved worth for investors and partners creating a more comfortable atmosphere for partnering up. And of course at the players expense no matter how small or large. It`s not a theory or conspiracy it`s just how things work in todays world in rl and now vr.