"You said to think about whether I should continue to be an active member; that there was plenty of time to make my decision."

That means, implicitly, that they understand your issue and the same issue with everyone in the same boat as you. And furthermore, they don't care.

They knew, in other words, that their actions would result in situations like your's. And that they would alienate a large chunk of the big ticket fanbase.

And again, considering all this, they don't care.

So from their perspective, they also don't care if they lose you. If you stay, great! They consider you gravy. But all the stuff in your message that appears after what I quoted above likely does not matter to them.

They don't see it as dishonest. They see it as actions necessary to deal with reality.