Blizzard wen't out of their way to break the Census addon, why?

Criticism doesn’t hurt them. If anything, it helps them, though perhaps only marginally, in monitoring the state of the game.

this is not activsions flagship, that would be cod mobile right now. 35 million + downloads in about 2 weeks

classic wow hardly matters to them tbh

Because there are a many ways to interpret data, and people will interpret any data to fit any narrative they have in mind and use it against Blizzard.

No need to share this data with anyone. They did the right thing otherwise the forums will be full of 'these numbers are proof of ‘whatever my argument is’.

i think they did it so we wouldnt know how many people were still playing tbh
that can impact their bottom line, people will flee a dying server/game in droves

I think Blizzard doesn’t want people reading too much into populations, as they’re expected to ebb and flow during exciting/boring retail periods.

hahahahaha good one!