I'm going on pure memory, but there are a few things that were guaranteed to all DVC members, regardless resale/retail.
1) Your points could be used to stay at DVC participating resorts
2) While the point per night of an accommodation can fluctuate from year to year, the total points on a
point chart can never change.(meaning they can increase a studio on November 20th from 40 to 44 points, but they would have to reduce another night by the same 4 points)
3) Another option will always be available to the owner should they decide to not want to visit DVC resorts.
So, any perks that we get were never guaranteed. Disney collection,
ABD, etc...never guaranteed(and those
point charts can change any way they want them to). So this rumor that they want to limit using at your home resort would probably be a breach of contract by DVC. Not to say that there isn't a creative way to do that. They could easily call all the New resorts from GFV on, DVC2 resorts. Then they could limit existing DVC resale members from using them. The could also change the booking windows to 11-month home resort, 7 month all other resorts for retail, 5 month all other resale. Thats why everyone on these boards always says BUY WHERE YOU WANT TO STAY. Most likely, any restrictions that do come up will be ADDITIONS to retail customers, rather than subtraction to resale customers.
Again, everything I've written above is off pure memory of the contract, and the wording is obviously changed. In addition, the restrictions are just pure speculation to further illustrate to the OP what the differences between retail/resale are, or might be....Not trying to start a panic
The only reason I am considering purchasing retail again, is that I am looking for a small contract with my current Use Year, and For the past 3 months I have not been able to find on resale market.