Full disclosure, this is my Twitter account. If this violates a TOS I'll remove it. TBH, if I have a personal agenda it's not having to pay for online for now as this is literally all I would use online for between now and Smash.
But if it got traction I think a lot of people would appreciate it beyond myself.
There's a lot of people who simply won't play in tournaments now and digital pinball is already pretty niche. By all rights Pinball FX3 is a F2P game. The table Sorcerer's Lair is 100% free with no restrictions and a 2nd 100% free table, Fish Tales, is coming in October. Playing the free tables in online competitive modes is a big part of Zen's strategy to sell more tables to you.