I agree that's where the metaphor falls short... I wanted to talk about how these big changes in regulations, affecting how mostly everybody had been doing business until that moment, tend to be strongly rejected by affected parties, but they tend to be worth it on the long term, and people end up getting comfortable again under the new rules.

But you're right that in this case the problem is that most websites have been "cheating" by supporting themselves on shady stuff, and now that rules and laws are being reviewed to cut this possibility out, here comes the crying.