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> Matt used that market, the users, as leverage against WP Engine.

Matt has no obligation to make some other company's customers happy. Even less so when that company has refused to work with WordPress despite basing their entire business around its success.

WP Engine has always been a bit scummy. Their name does attempt to make them sound like they are the official WordPress hosting service. This all could have been avoided if they agreed to WordPress' licensing agreement, but now they've both gone into scorched-Earth mode and will both decline.