1000 curses upon the lawyers and executives of Kakao Entertainment. May they never know the light of heaven.
Some brave folks on the manga piracy subreddit are planning on continuing development with a fork so hope may not be lost, but Kakao said they're also going to target downstream forks so we'll see what happens.
https://old.reddit.com/r/mangapiracy/comments/195vq2e/a_tachiyomi_fork_hoping_to_be_the_spiritual/?share_id=n0uJIoRB5pcTFTdFR5eqU
I don't blame them tbh. The legal system is broken and even someone with a weak claim can bury you in paper and costs that you'll never recover even if you win.
Like how youtube buried Invidious in paper and costs?