No, that's not the reason pubs had to close. If that were the reason I would half-agree with you, but it wasn't. They were destroyed by the economy. Businesses being destroyed by the economy is nothing to celebrate.
If, by bullet point 2, you are talking about python-telegram-bot, not only is it like that... the owners are also absolute shitheads about it - if you ask for help while using an older version of their library in their support chat, they threaten to ban you.
There's a difference between "I want to drink less" and "I can't afford to drink as much as I want"