User blog comment:Bovell/Popular Modern Warfare 2 mod, alterIWNet, shutdown by Activision/@comment-4122733-20120313170450/@comment-1630756-20120313193137

...S.S. you're taking things out of context. Capitalist companies can still make money and continue to provide support for older products. Microsoft still provide support for Windows XP, Bethesda Game Studios give full modding support to all their RPGs despite the fact they don't get money from mods. You can still support a game after it's passed its shelf life. One of the reasons Zenimax (Bethesda's parent company) aren't considered assholes is they don't smack their consumers in the face because they want the most from their game.

Activision phalanxing server support is essentially counter-support; it's purposely done to reduce Modern Warfare 2's shelf life and it's done against the consumer's interests. That is what qualifies a company to be considered dickish.