People are easily fooled yes, and we'll have to rely on people, such as your friend to help SWTOR keep going.
I know i'll keep subbing. I'm even subbing this month were i'll have no time to play in between my internship as a programmer, my part time job and all the other games that are getting released this month. It is probably stupid of me to keep subbing, but i'm doing it to show Bioware that i like the game and even if i can't play it, i'll still support it. So people like me and people like your friend is most likely what will drive this game forward, where people like you can play all you want
EDIT: Just noticed how bad the wording is in this post. No offense is meant at all