Ok, well I did? So you lost your bet? I love Helldivers, I've had my PSN account since like the PS3, I've had it linked to my Steam since...The Last of Us or Sackboy, I don't remember? It doesn't affect me directly at all, and I don't view this as any kind of a betrayal by Arrowhead. I do view it as a consumer rights issue, and I have empathy for people who bought a product that was perfectly playable but that they can't play moving forward without circumventing TOS to do so. Cutting off basically a whole continent after letting them buy the game really sucks from a consumer standpoint.
Could you explain how my framing led to you thinking it was something earth shaking? It's people not being able to play a game they paid for unless they sign up for an account they're not allowed to in their country. It's about a video game, it's not genuinely problematic or earth shaking. Why would you think anyone thinks it's problematic or earth shaking? It's a business decision with consequences for some players of the game, and that's something that will be good to address.