Wait time now counts toward 5 year residency?

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This just posted by Sara Sousa Rebolo at Prime Legal on a WhatsApp group:

Hi All!
Following today’s session at AIMA, please find below a summary of what we understood from the information received:

• etc, etc, etc.
• The counting date of the 5 years of access to nationality is made from the date of payment of the analysis fee for the online submission;

In less than 6 months, things are about to change. Should it be considered as a scam, lie & deception? Or maybe should it be considered as a professional way of Aima to do business?