I can't see how it's possibly better for the renter. I mentioned a couple of pages back in this thread how a simple network issue - that in the old system would have been resolved by adding an hour - ended up cancelling all my leases including ones where renters had locked in low rates. LeaseRig already controls the payments, it can easily pause the payouts until rigs are back online. The if the provider decides to extend the time it can pay extra (up to the full amount). Why does it need to cancel after half hour of downtime is not really clear to me.

There are other problems with cancellation - it doesn't clean up renter's pools. I think that was reported way back by someone else too. You'll keep mining to renter's pools without getting paid.

All this makes me seriously concerned about the lack of QA and proper release schedule. It would benefit everyone if new features would be announced and put out for public feedback in advance. Frontend/GUI changes that don't affect mining could be open for public testing before releasing to production. I understand that ultimately this is not a democracy but some transparency can go a long way towards everyone's satisfaction and profits.