Of course "inevitable and necessary"...
SLR is based in America and last I checked -- I'm not American -- the American political machine has gone full meltdown...
There is inflation at record highs, gas costs are through the roof, the current gov't lost 85 billion in weapons in the last year alone in Afghanistan, and has already spent 65 billion stoking war against Russia and rejecting a viable peace deal ... the President is LITERALLY talking with dead people and making such gaffs as telling the world he has cancer ... For the poor Americans, the POOR Americans are going to get a lot poorer, and probably more violent (did I mention record crime stats?).
SLR had no choice but to do this in order to stay in business. It was predictable as of a month ago.
They just should have acknowledged the necessity, apologized, and kept the changes minimal (no additional changes to the download period, etc).
EDIT: I'll add a prediction. After November SLR will need to make more changes, although they don't realize this yet. For the past six months gas costs have been kept artificially low for their mid-terms. The Pres has been lowering costs by draining the National Reserve. When that Reserve runs dry, or when it's not politically expedient to keep drawing from it, prices will really sky rocket. Inflation may hit 20 to 30%. Stuff in America is delivered by trucks. When truckers have to pay $1,500 for diesel prices will universally increase.
