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You are still running a node. You just don't participate in routing.
I would see it like not everyone has what it takes to be a miner, but running a full node is easy.
But good question. Maybe someone who has thought more about this can chime in.
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That is the feedback, I've been getting as well. Wouldn't this, however, show that there is a problem somewhere when running a node is not worth the effort?