You can't really expect that after 4 years of not wthdrawing your coins to the main chain they can still help you.
Why not ? they burned the Waves ? I don't think so.
It's time to be serious in crypto business. He invested his money in 2016, just 4 years, not 50 years !
Is it possible my banker say me: "you have not used you bank account for 5 years, so now, your money is ours." ?
It's not possible for everyone to observe continously forks, swaps, deadlines
(sorry for my very bad english)LOL, you think crypto is like fiat? It's the wild west.. you snooze you lose. If someone can't handle this, they should NOT be invested in crypto. Period.