It sounds like they were smart about it. They were like, “Wow, we can pay less rent on office space” and rolled with it. Then they were like, “Now we can look outside the area for employees that might be better than the ones in the area when we’re hiring.” It makes sense for a small company to ask and then take advantage of the pros.
If people want to, they can still download what they bought. They just can’t buy new stuff. So, if they want to, they can download it all and back it up for posterity if they want to. They have time.