Apple just removed an app. The equivalent would be if Apple removed the app, banned the developer, and sued to take back any revenue the app generated from the dev. That would've spun the story to be more individualized and there would've been a similar backlash.

On the flip side, if Blizzard just suppressed the stream but didn't "retaliate" with the bonus punishments, they would be in a lot less of a bog right now.