Your point is certainly valid. Hindsight is 20-20. I do think Chris has a solid product though. Would I invest if I was coming across them NOW though having never invested before? Certainly not. Hopefully we get back to steady payouts with the new deposit system though and all of these speculations and anxiety for the last 2-3 weeks will be a moot point. The point is I *DID* invest... so I really can only hope. I have no other choice.
I don't know Chris, I don't know details about his history in crypto and only bought a hand ful of shares 2 months ago. So I am not able to say he/his service is legit or not, I'm just talking about facts.
I expect that his service and payout will continue soon. Why?
1.) If he is legit and interested in selling and providing a good product, everything is fine. People will forgive him the mistakes he made the last weeks (communication, bad website,...). Cause in times where more and more cloud mining services fail or proof as a ponzi, he can get lots of new customers due to a profitable history within the last months. Many BTC holders are looking for an investment but there are only a few that are legit AND profitable.
2.) In case he is a scammer (or became one) it would be a stupid point of time due to the above mentioned facts. With profitable payouts not only the current customers will stay and probably buy more, also a lot of new customers will join his service due to a lack of alternatives. It would make much more sense and profit to collect way more money for a few more months (and he will be able to) than he already made instead of running now away and give other ponzis/scammers the chance to earn that money.
There's a lot of pressure on him and even the truest believers start getting doubts, so he can't afford to slow down everything. So I'm sure payouts will start soon (the question is, for how long).