Yes, this was a social issue more than a technical one.

At the same time, I was affected by this breakage, and it took me all of ten minutes to fix. So I both understand the outrage, and agree with it in general, but also, it was a tad overblown, I think.

Should they have done a slower rollout, like the IpAddr change? Probably. Is it the end of the world that they made a mistake? Nah. But if it happens more often, that's cause for concern.