"Given the original screwup (not having a backup plan for when this big new feature was delayed by a year), I think they made the best of a bad situation." Yes

"Given the original screwup (not having a backup plan for when this big new feature was delayed by a year), I think they made the best of a bad situation." Yes, by greed and arrogance they shot themselves in the foot. But the day after that happened, they had no more opportunities for greed so they dealt with things as well as they could and you can't criticize them for that, now can you? The scenario of "we'll go from the old thing to the new thing, burn our bridges to the old thing and not have the thing ready" these days in a multitude of industries and isn't something that should be taken as OK by those who caught by it.