Seems that way.
I think I'll follow the example @Dad3353has set and remove myself from this site until @Kiwi can get this sorted or @dewww can confirm why Ezoics appears to us all as a very dishonest organisation.
Its an absolute shame that the site is going through this - if Kiwi could tell us what the cost of membership would need to be to sever ties with Ezoics and any other such partner that is clearly totally self-serving to the point of being morally questionable (at best) it would be appreciated. We're a community here, I'm sure as a community we can cover the costs of floating the site - to become a cooperative of sorts.
I look forward to signing back in in a few days to hopefully see either some questions answered, or ties severed with Ezoics.