How exactly is it getting more difficult for microstakes players? Game selection and rake is pretty much the same, as it has been for several years, except that the selection of SnGs have been reduced a bit due to reduced demand. If you mean freerollers, that is people, who never deposit and mainly play freerolls, then they dont contribute anything to the business, so why are PokerStars or other sites obliged to care a lot about them?
Of course it always sucks, when something is cancelled. But the amount of mourning and complaining in this thread about something, which came from the award program and had a value of $5, is unbelievable. Especially since players were apparently compensated in other ways. I play micro and low stakes tournaments and SnGs on PokerStars almost every day, and I dont see anything getting worse apart perhaps from slightly declining volume in the SnGs.