The old "Members always get free access" sat at the bottom of the
Ticketing section next to the top-level Enable Ticketing toggle, which
conflated the member-vs-public audience split with the ticketing
mechanism. Admins read it as "I need to enable ticketing for free
public events," the opposite of how the system works.
Move the note next to Public Tickets Available (where the audience
split actually matters) and rephrase: public pricing applies to
non-members; members register from their dashboard regardless.