Slightly offtopic but a similar brain fart has happend to LEGO.
Once in a time you bought a ~500€, 1000pcs Technic model of a crane or sth. and got a dedicated remote control to control every feature of the model with a tactile button and sometimes even sliders and potis.

Now, they canceled all remote controls since a year or so and force you into the Lego Control app on a phone that connects via wlan.
You literally have to navigate through sub menues to find features. Ergonomie, usability? Ah screw it, an app is cheaper and much more "environmental freindly".
Granted, you can create waypoints for the model to act like a robot and such, but heck, why cancel the remote control? Both please...

They mainy purpose of LEGO was to get people away from their consumption devices and get creative. Wow. Hope they shot their own foot and people look into alternatives like QBricks.