Nokia to NOT allow updates to Symbian apps

Question

I dont know if anyone here has heard the news about the future of the Nokia / Ovi Store?
As of 1st Jan 2014 Nokia will not allow any new apps in the store, but even more worrying is the fact they wont allow updates for existing apps
This means that when facebook or youtube change the API's none of our apps will work and we will not be able to update them through the Nokia Store.
Im sure you realise the implications, basically all of our symbian / meego phones will be pretty much useless soon after January, maybe some 3rd party developers can issue updates via their own websites but who knows.......
And Nokia told us just recently that they would support symbian until 2016.
I have now lost all trust in Nokia  

Answer 1

I am sure, in corporate board room, there was a calculation based on anticipated sales, device longevity, and projected move of customers to remaining platforms (WP8 and ASHA).
On paper I am sure those seemed sound to the people making the decisions.
In reality, they will greatly anger those of us who have stuck by Nokia and continue to use our well built symbian and Meego devices. 
In reality, what ever minimal cost there is associated with allowing updates is greatly offset by the goodwill that it will generate by supporting legacy users.
A smart corporation would use this to their advantage.  Put banner ads on the site with WP8 devices, smartly displayed, advertise the new features, new apps, aids to transition to the new devices so that everyone coming to get apps/updates for their aging phone would seem them.  That way, you keep the goodwill of your current customers.  And give them a reason to want and move towards your new WP8/ASHA phones.  Wow do these people need to hire some good PR and ad people.  Bean counters make financially sound and consumer stupid decisions.
Instead of using this to their advantage, they will make users progressively hate Nokia/MS.  Eventually after January 1, Facebook or Twitter or some other services will change their API.  Without the ability to fix the current app, it will be broken and remain broken.  Now, every time you go to use it, you will think very bad things about Nokia and especially Microsoft.  That is how the mind works.  You will not think, "I need to buy a new lumia", you will think "I will never buy Nokia again" and will go buy iphone, android, jolla, firefox os..... any thing but Microsoft/Nokia who you perceived as harming you.  That is just simple human nature and psychology.
But I am sure the corporate bean counters know better, right?
I will say honestly, when it comes time to replace my N9, I will look elsewhere.  The sad part of all this is that prior to this announcement I still had positive feelings about Nokia and Microsoft.  Those end January 1.