Ugh... Another one bites the dust!
My speciation, Molicare is more interested in the institutional market, shaving costs to make their product better for penny pinchers. They used to have a pretty premium diaper (for the time!), it's sad to hear they may no longer be.
Continuing the speciation, Depends caters to the retail market and for people too mortified about their own issues to learn there are much better products out there if they suffer from more profound incontinence. Most of their r&d goes into what people think they need and appears socially more acceptable, not necessarily practical. Not to mention the amount of $ they spend on advertising (brand recognition) and prominent shelf placement in every store... The only thing dependable about depends is you'll need to change more often than more appropriate and ultimately more affordable solutions they don't want you to know exist!