I think we should be really thankful that there even exist two ways to downgrade a 3DS.
If I was a penny pincher and only willing spend little money on a way to get everything for free, I would buy a soldering iron, learn to solder and then do that downgrade.
If I was scared of bricking during soldering, I would buy a cheap used 3DS with 10.7 or lower, hack it, get Fieldrunners, restore it to the other one and so on.
But crying on a new thread on an online forum about how only two ways exist to get everything for free would never come to my mind.