I think that if they are going to offer and advertise a game as F2P, then they should stick to their guns. They didn't say, hey come try the new improved Trial version of SWTOR, they said F2P. I understand there has to be a difference between their subs and F2P accounts, but the option to unlock certain aspects of F2P shouldn't hurt anyone.
If I know I'm going out of town for a few weeks I probually won't sub. Also when I return and there, and I want to play a video game, and I don't have access to this one, I am going to look elsewhere for entertainment. I don't have a problem with subbing every now and then, but a perma-sub plan is somthing I've grown out of. I don't know about other people but at 14.99 a month thats around 180 bucks a year. Not to mention the content I may have to purchase coins for in the future.