I feel like they've had this for a while but maybe the specific situation is different. I might also be getting confused with Tapas.
Years ago I was reading "Extreme Dog Owner" while it was being released and was blocked out of latest episodes. So when the artist stopped the series it took a while before I realized the last few episodes would never get unlocked for me. Sounds like the same situation? Minus the huge piracy warnings.
Luckily I had a friend who bought it already then just read on their device.
In this world I suppose we'd start referring to people by last names more often