Originally Posted by inDef
Overall the reactions I've been reading are extremely over-exaggerated.
ZOS had 2 options here:
1. Keep the API the way it was and upgrade their own UI to display all the information that you could get through addons.
or
2. Scale back the API and only allow it to access the same information as the default UI.
They went with step 2 which is a very smart decision. Step 1 would take time they don't have right now, plain and simple. Step 2 allows them to start "bare bones" so to speak and then add features slowly based on user feedback.
In business it is ALWAYS better to start with less and add...then to start with more and remove.
This was a very good decision by ZOS. Any other reaction to this news is simply an emotional gamer over-reaction.
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Yes, you are probably right but u seems to think that this situation just happen to ZOS. Actually thats not right - they caused this situation. They could avoid it long time ago. Nothing is smart about your act if u neglect some important money generating things for ages. They are not heros and they are not saving a day. This is just another mistake in long chain of mistakes they did. So please dont try to show this example as good business practice - it is quite opposite.