I am not saying it is but they have a ridiculously release schedule and I doubt they follow rigorous standard practices when it comes to code releases. My statements were not saying they were right in doing this, just as to why it may have happened. again Not saying it was right to let it happen. They dun fucked up regardless of how it happend.
The fact that they scrapped more then just the friends list means this wasn't just a cludge job to hastily set up a linkup system.
You don't need to look up peoples game history and playtime to find a friends list and they went out of their way to package all of that information for themselves. They did MORE work then Is necessary to find a friends list.
Even their cries that they didn't upload any of it back ring hollow, why are you gathering the data you shouldn't be getting if you are not using it?