@sword That's the issue, Hussie probably didn't want to work with Gio, which I imagine is why they tried to negotiate with just Bambosh at first. When they realized things weren't working out, Bambosh quit and they had to work with Gio directly, which was against their intentions. Their mistake from my point of view was deciding at this point that they'd use the opportunity to have the articles dealt with instead of dropping the negotiations if they wanted distance from Gio so much.

I just believe that having Gio edit or take down the articles isn't nice because regardless of their content or quality, because unless they're illegal in some way it should be valid to keep them online and I understand Gio not being fine with the terms being imposed. I don't like the articles and honestly I wouldn't care all that much if they were scrubbed off in some way but I think there's other times and places Hussie could've used to discuss those with Gio.

Not that they weren't a big deal when it came to the relationship between Hussie and Gio (both personal and professional) but the problem is they chose to pretend to act as if the UHC negotiations could still work out when they saw Gio and his articles as a roadblock and were probably not so interested in going on with the licensing as much as they would've been with Bambosh.

"Like actually wanting something in return for giving something HUGE to Gio?"
If anything it'd be more correct to say "Giving something to Gio to compensate for what they wanted" because they never wanted to negotiate about the UHC with Gio in the first place.