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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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