Oh I’m way too young to understand that.
But I’m sure even when they had long DTs they (probably) told you ahead of time right?
To put this into perspective, this DT was longer than the 7/7/25 DT but at least that time they told everyone Extended Downtime Notification - 2025-07-07 - EVE Information Portal / Announcements - EVE Online Forums. I don’t mind DT for patches, I just want notice when they need extra time.