Where did I imply they were the same thing? The reason why I mentioned shutting down servers is because of people like you and @Nemisis who keep pushing the conspiracy theory that Funcom is doing all this on purpose to shut down official servers:
That’s what I was talking about in that paragraph. But apparently it didn’t sink in: they don’t need to shut down the servers “stealthily”. They don’t need to do anything sneaky or roundabout if they want to shut down the servers, they just need to pull the plug.
Of course it is. 
In fact, I’m pretty sure they’re after you, specifically. They’re out to get you.