You know, that’s an excellent point that I hadn’t thought of.
I rarely spend gems unless they’re for support the author (bc I never have more than 20 since I hate reading EO’s😅) so I’ve never come across that issue with bonus scenes.
I always try to take the readers experience into consideration as much as possible. The bonus scenes I planned for my story will include multiple scenes that can help give them more insight on the story/characters, while simultaneously not being vital for the experience, as not everyone can pay gems for it. But then EA came along and I didn’t know which would be more preferred 
I had no idea about this new feature…and that sounds absolutely awful. I don’t usually start reading stories until they’re complete so I can binge them, so that would annoy me endlessly if Episode follows through with it.