Losing an account after 3 years is brutal, but 50K in 8 months somewhere better is the best kind of revenge. Not competing with 50 people for a $200 job might be the most underrated line in that whole story.
Getting your Upwork account banned after years of work is genuinely painful. The fact that you rebuilt to $50K in 8 months says a lot about your skills and approach. That line about not competing with 50 people for a $200 job hits different when you've been there.