Zellith, 8 months ago https://www.pcgamesn.com/final-fantasy-xiv/gshade-malware#:~:text=An%20unauthorised%20Final%20Fantasy%20XIV,included%20as%20%22a%20lesson%22.&text=The%20creator%20of%20a%20popular,shut%20down%20a%20user's%20PC Tldr; dude put malware in his program and it didn't go over well with the community. His rep is in tatters and basically all his users jumped ship. There are always alternatives out there, especially if you give people the push to make one.
https://www.pcgamesn.com/final-fantasy-xiv/gshade-malware#:~:text=An%20unauthorised%20Final%20Fantasy%20XIV,included%20as%20%22a%20lesson%22.&text=The%20creator%20of%20a%20popular,shut%20down%20a%20user's%20PC
Tldr; dude put malware in his program and it didn't go over well with the community. His rep is in tatters and basically all his users jumped ship.
There are always alternatives out there, especially if you give people the push to make one.