[ketzo]

The author very clearly doesn't want your sympathy:

> I was never so naive to believe that they’ll just let me go around forever, piggyback on their platform and reap most of the benefits. Even though what we were doing was not forbidden - it was clear that Shopify would disapprove of it.

They made their money while they could. They are disappointed they couldn't keep going, but it doesn't seem like they feel "entitled" to continue.