I completely understand your frustration, but the full wipe was not only necessary, it was a choice the community was heavily involved in. It was not a choice we made easily either.
The RE developers decided to stop supporting RE1 and instead focus on RE2, and a majority in the HWS community asked us to switch as well.
We made lots of announcements, and we had a poll about how the community would have liked to transfer from RE1 to RE2, especially in terms of OCD. A lot of people voted for a full OCD Wipe.
We have had lots and lots of announcements about the wipe, including this one, which described everything in detail: Discord
Besides that, it’s also been mentioned many times ingame, in other parts of the Discord server, and here in the forum.
The full OCD Wipe was by no means a fast or easy decision, and therefore the community was also brought in on it.
That’s not something I would recommend, but it’s your choice. But if you don’t keep up, you can’t expect to have an influence on how HWS is run 
Rex reads basically all feedback that the community gives and considers it, and with enough support from the community, a lot of things can get changed eventually.
You have unfortunately misunderstood the purpose of HWS if you see it this way Every donation is voluntary, and everything can be achieved from playing ingame.
RexXxuS covered it in detail here: HWS Support Introduction