I am not sure if people would be fine with that. And once again stake is a place for "whales" basically, obviously 0.5 bet minimum is not a whale size but it is not free neither, you may end up losing a ton of money while trying this out as well for some people. I for example gamble with 50$ per month, that is my thing and I do not gamble more, if I joined here and gambled this promotion there is a good chance I could lose all my monthly deposit in one sitting. Maybe I am just too poor, but once again stake doesn't want people like me and this was talked about a lot.
This is absolutely wrong, above promotion is just one of their promotions.
There are many other promotions where you can participate with lower minimum bet or even with zero bet.
It does not make senses at all to say that stake is a place for whales only just because of the VIP promotion.
You as a gambler is free to decide which promotion to participate, if you feel that VIP promotion is not suitable with your bankroll then simply choose the other promotion with lower min bet.
It is not Stake that does not want people like you, it is just your own feeling because you do not explore all available promotions.