I cannot disagree with you since when I opened my exchange account I was surprised to see a 0.04 bcc on my balance. I was a little bit disappointed since I just removed my btc balance out of the exchange. If only I did not remove my bitcoin then I could have gain more bitcoin cash and earn more profit. BItcoin cash is really cash since the moment I sold my free bcc I have earned an instant 20$. Its not that quite big but at least I have earned something out of the blue. The price of Bitcoin cash is now going down since it has not been distributed yet and I am sure thos who got their bcc free will surely dump them at the exchange following the falling trend of bitcoin cash price.
I cannot blame you on that move, you have to put your bitcoin into safety during those times. I did the same, so I do not have any free bch. This bitcoin cash does not only gave us free cash but also pushing the price of bitcoin up because bch is flowing back into btc.