Who has already ripped it off? The only reason I haven't is I'm afraid it will lower resale value. But I'm not sure 2 years of annoyance is worth the added value
There's already a few threads on this that have some funny remarks, check them out. If you consider wireless charging you won't need to remove it very often, I'm waiting for hte ibolt wireless car dock.. then I'll not need to open the usb for anything (file xfers all wireless)..
My cover broke on its own in 3 weeks, and I charge wirelessly 50% of the time and wasn't rough with it at all. HTC will make this an easy choice for you soon enough.
It stills stays on by itself and I still use it, I like keeping the bottom flush, but that's just me.