There is a huge pressure for Ethan right now and that is not really a nice feeling, I mean surely he must feel honored by this pressure but he must feel the weight of it as well. Nobody really cared about yolodice closing in the sense that nobody really blamed him for anything, everyone accepted it and said "fair enough" so he didn't get any headache over it, so that is the good part, but what about the fact that he may not be interested in something new? That is why I believe it is quite difficult for him right now.
Everyone agreed that closing this could be a good idea because there is a problem right now, but the reality is that we are talking about Ethan starting something new and even better like it's given, maybe he doesn't want to? Maybe he just wants to relax and retire and wants to just kick it with freedom? We should not pressure him for doing something more.