They just thought no one would notice or care or stop them from using power to change this. Maybe they thought it was an easy change. They should have waited until they could immediately change it and took a gamble. It's not Justin's fault they supported Justin before the code was ready to be used.
Their keys, their choice. Regrettable they trusted him. Yeah he took advantage of them, but they took the bait and had the final say.
You're right. He reamed them pretty hard by not having that code in place prior to the forkening.
They've got to regret taking part at this point. He has left them dangling.
Only we can save them now.