The point is that the stated values of said group changed.
Yes, this happens with most communities. It's called growth.
As an example, HN now has this in the guidelines:
> Don't post generated text or AI-edited text. HN is for conversation between humans.
Does this signify the end of HN? Or does it represent understandable growth in an evolving world?
The values didn't change, they just made them clear.