[stevefarnworth]

For me, it's not only the fact they're just dismissing the community which got them to where they are today, but that the statement just felt wrong.

It's contradictory - they want UI/UX consistency, but are encouraging non-core-client diversity, and they're complaining about user confusion when they're bragging about holding 90% client share. Plus the timing could have been better. Releasing the statement yesterday when there was nothing time sensitive to it probably wasn't the best approach for them (seen to be burying bad news).

Building your entire business on someone else's ecosystem is always a risky strategy, but when a company who has reached critical mass pretty much solely because of that ecosystem, to turn around and tell them they're no longer required is poor form.