Let's consider, for a second, that such hate only comes from a fairly small quarter.
Even if we are not that representative, We are not just the "average american player in his twenties, white, geek".
Seems there are people from all around the world here. And that about 4 in 5, not counting SR5 team who are not to much pleased by the implementation of these bonuses and a few other things. While they were pleased about the basic ideas, actually, just looking at the "sticking to the 4th" topic says a lot.
I don't just give a little push on these because I take pleasure to that. Actually, I am greatly pissed off. Because there are a lot of cool things, which will end in me buying the game cause I am a fan, indeed, even if I hate to admit it as fans have no insight usually about what they like or not, but if I was to play it, I know it would take a lot of flak from my players who are much less nice than myself.
And I hate that a game is being remembered because of the stupid point in the rule that doesn't make sense instead of his great background.
We take and consider input from all sources. We get feedback from the forums
Allow me to doubt that. When a lot of good point have been made about some things you were, as a development team, really proud of as that was the part of the game you created yourself, well, we got a "take over it, now it is done and you can't change it". That's a lot of consideration for feedback. No grudge held there. But I felt I had to remind some points there, cause I don't have too short memory when I read thing like that pissing me off to such extent (I was not even concerned, actually, I believe, but I felt it was astonishing, in the wrong sense).
We just have to weigh the input versus it's source. The Internet often acts as a bit of an echo-chamber, where a half dozen individuals make thousands of posts, so their voices are much louder, but they may or may not actually reflect the opinions of the fanbase. Especially since often the loudest fans tend to reinforce each others opinions.
So by following such a reasoning, you can easily select what pleases you instead of taking the opinion for what it's worth.
And by "what it's worth", I mean, rule wise, design wise, mechanic wise, not the number of people who back the idea. Even if it is one guy alone, if the point he makes show that the logic standing between RAI and RAW is completely flawed, you should take it into account, when materially possible.
As with all creative endeavors, knowing who to listen to and who to ignore becomes an important part of the process.
Read above.
As for preview 4, I reported what I am quasi sure of being a mistake. Not even an answer, I guess it will take an errata well after.