Awful decision. This means they're punishing the players, nothing more. People will still watch, people will still play. General spectators are barely aware of any ranking points. This just means that the "little people" who've worked very hard to qualify for Wimbledon (specifically its qualifications), now won't get the points that would normally allow them access to some Challenger tournaments; if a qualifier goes on an insane Raducanu like run like in last year's US Open, you could very well have a scenario where they're not eligible for the US Open 2 months later. It also means that all good grass players are just screwed, because they can't defend last year's points. f***ing Berrettini over massively, and Djokovic will automatically drop to third/4th in the rankings even if he wins Roland-Garros (this one is more of a pro tbh). They're just screwing up the rankings.
Should've frozen last year's results for Russian players while letting others compete for this year's points.