Does AOL hit alternative customers again?

I did not find any intelligible information anywhere. Everywhere only "probably", "maybe." Maybe I was looking bad, I do not know.
So here. On the site of the rat (http://rnq.ru/) the following is written:

Damn, what's going on with the number?
Most likely, the following has happened - now it will not be possible to add contacts to the contact list without authorization in alternative clients (including R & Q with a server contact list (SCL)). Alternative customers have lost a major advantage over official customers.

Those. now all unauthorized contacts will be shown offline.

Yesterday, two of my friends half of the contact list was sitting offline. I am fine.
Maybe someone knows the details or something else?
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I want to say that they went nuts :-) These same hundreds of contacts will need to be authorized. Two already transplanted to Jabber. How can you not make a holivar when you are forced to use a poor client ... For a heap, you can recall changes in the protocol, which resulted in an increase in incoming traffic from offline messages.

Or maybe I'm wrong? Authorization is needed, does she have her own tasks?