I don't blame the guy to be honest, the whole thing happened because of the vocal kids who like to complain at the slightest opportunity because they reckon they're entitled to everything.
You can tell that the hate towards Notch from the EULA deal came from the younger audience because who the f*** would blame Notch for anything happening in Minecraft these days when he's been totally independent of Minecraft since the Alpha/Beta days?
The stupidity is on the same level as blaming the Queen for the problems in the world, sure she's the head of the circus but there's no reason for blame and no direct cause/effect relationship at all.
This is why I just stay the hell away from the vanilla Minecraft groups because they're selfish and full of shit, and I'll bet Notch did this deal for the same reason.