This is exactly it, they effectively have total power over everything CCP does - see the CSM make up in spite of Olmeca Gold loving null leaders now (some real Stockholm syndrome there).
Reality - if null throws a hissy fit and campaigns for line players to unsub like they do every time they don’t like something then CCP will cave, it simply has to.
It must really be a humiliating experience for them (as evidenced) to know that null needs to approve of their every decision or they will be held economic hostage. Great community for them to deal with.
I wish I shared your optimism but people do not simple come back because a company fixed a huge mistake that had no reason to happen in the first place. The trust once broken is hard to fix.
When Blackout supporterslog back when local comes back they will wonder if that was a prank and whether the Blackout continues.
Or as the saying goes
“Beware what you wish for because it may become true”
Really hoping you are a forum alt, because that character has zero killboard, and if it’s not an alt, you have absolutely no grounds to refer to anyone as a carebear or Hello Kitty player (ooooooooold meme btw).
Actually after the amount of salt produced by null in the last 2 months, people who actually play Hello Kitty Online have the right to call null sec players “Null sec whiner babies”
Listening to great Pvp’ers is partially the reason things are screwed up in this game, such as the Super Cap Buff.
To be honest, it should never be about who is saying it but what exactly they are saying.
Attacking the poster only shows your weakness in attacking specifically what they are saying.