Hello Bryan,
I'm Jin, a fellow Windows 10 user and an independent advisor.
If the email you received is true, then it's really unfortunate. Since the decision came from AOL it would be best to send your feedback to them:
https://help.aol.com/articles/submit-product-su...
https://aol.uservoice.com/forums/912886
You can also share your thoughts about this with Microsoft using the Feedback Hub app: https://support.microsoft.com/help/4021566
Kind regards.
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