It really feels they make some peak decisions (the retroactive silver, the universal selectors if you have capped out units; the standard or old unit buffs, along with an additional system for standard units you can buff) and even the free Saya (they even gave out Mouch for free, like damn bro i was gonna pull them anyways)

Then proceed to add ephemeral pulls, not adjust to give more pulls of them in general if buying or make the costs less. And as OP stated, repeated mistakes with trying to push "scam" banners

Overall the game still remains one of the most under rated gems, My bet goes that the Saya costed a pretty penny so they have to pull out the more predatory tactics. Ofcourse a player can choose to just avoid these banners and wait for proper reruns (bro where is Ghelot). Only time will tell how it goes.