do you have a better proposal ? they are trying to comply with regulation, how do you want to fight a country like China ? If they can provide the same feature from NEO but they can also comply Chinese laws, i see only benefits...
These laws are really confusing the people whether to hold the NEO coin or not in the long term, even sometimes the company is not giving accurate information about the Ban happens in China, that's why the rest of the world is staying away from the China-based companies.