I haven't been scammed yet, but it is definitely a hindrance in the sense that you have to be so explicit when e-mailing or texting now, whereas it was usually already listed for you.
I bet the girls have to field that many more questions, when all of that info used to be common knowledge so to speak.
For me, I find it especially shitty because you can no longer search for a particular service if that's what is tickling your fancy at the moment.
The thing is, I thought the whole point of those acronyms meant that we were able to know what to expect, without being entirely obvious since you could easily argue that the letters mean whatever you want to apply to them.