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It was never truly about them not making money though was it?
The whole thing would not have escalated, if they'd actually reacted to the problems raised, e.g. the astronomical API fees and the situation of mod tools and accessability tools.
Only when shit was already hitting the fan they responded to 3rd party devs, who tried to reach out to them for a month already.
Even if they'd postpone the changes and start listening to the raised problems now, they scorched a lot of earth and very well knew that would happen.
Isn't it always about making more money? They don't want 3rd party apps because they want more control because that allows them to optimize for more ad money. Now they can make even more money off their app by compromising the user experience, and users don't have any other option to leave for a better client.