The only thing I’m getting out of this is that 1) people wanted a server for better latency, then 2) people complain that they got what they wanted, but it came with a price.
NO.

The OCE datacentres were established with DC travel as part of the package..then SE suspended DC travel and left OCE in the lurch. THAT is the sequence of events.

Of course there will be less players for a solid chunk of time. If people keep jumping ship, why would the situation ever improve?
Then maybe SE needs to address this matter and connect us with established servers the same way EVERYONE ELSE IS.