Business is hard. Especially something effectively commoditized (i.e. basically anything open source). People make money in commoditized businesses all the time through other competitive advantages. Like a brand advantage for example, which they’ve effectively fucked up here.
I’ll agree that it seems like an over-reaction given you’re either spending $400 on a blockclock or it’s a hard no and BTC Clock looks like a fun project. I’ve considered both as options. Still love NVK and coinkite i don’t think there is a Ledger “we like to know your seed” of dissonance.