That's an AI chatbot protesting against a law. We're talking about a platform for indie developers to sell their games on potentially losing its payment providers.
Itch can't not comply without destroying itself in the process.
I get that the decision was abrupt and that it's frustrating there was no communication on the change, but I don't think it's worth people's time to mull over the way it happened, especially when you don't know the exact situation they were dealing with.