The way they handled the situation was downright terrible. Why didn’t they go for the IPO first, then make better mod tools, and then ban third party apps?

Also hire someone with a touch of tact to announce the changes. Rather than allowing socially inept moron face to do it?

Of course all this would still pissed people off but maybe not enough to make them leave.

It’s like they sat down and worked out what the worst possible ways to achieve their goal was, and then did all of them.