They didn't disguise anything. It was MIT licensed, so you could have forked it long ago. You got used to the source you were using being useful, and so you fel

They didn't disguise anything. It was MIT licensed, so you could have forked it long ago. You got used to the source you were using being useful, and so you felt entitled that they would maintain it in a way that was appropriate for your standards based on what you felt entitled to. The thing is with open source projects like this, no one owes you anything but it is too hard to admit that for many people.