yea, sadly it’s not the first time this happens when devs get publisher/middlemen issues. It’s not the right reaction but i guess they sorta “instinctively” respond in affect with the “only” option they feel they have easily available
still not better than the “accidental” nuking of entire key batches other devs have managed, but i can partially see it from their pov.
And either way it just sucks, they are out of money, and as a reward they get customer backlash and a bad rep from it, gaining nothing in the attempt of trying to get what was owed