Imagine if that $5.9 million was actually used to improve Bitcoin itself and its community, rather than replacing a forum software that in 2025, still reigns as one of the best forum solutions there has ever been.
It is a big loss but the Bitcoin forum and Bitcoin community, then Bitcoin growth initiatives are very different things. You can ask the forum to spend money for other things beyond this forum, because it's like off-purpose spending as it does not relate to forum operations. It can break unofficial MOU between forum admins and donators, VIP members too.
It's a lost investment in development of a new forum software that will never be used because bad developments after many years. I believe in theymos because he is a careful and well minded person that shown in his posts and policies in the forum, so this failed investment is one of minus things from him, but it does not wipe out his good administration here for Bitcoin forum in many years since Satoshi Nakamoto disappearance.