Changing so many runes and sigils at the same time that the method of extracting these upgrades from non-salvageable armor was removed was a horrible move. I hope that it wasn’t intentional in order to push people to purchase extractors from the Gem Store.
I am incredibly frustrated that trying to react to underlying game design change is going to penalize me for all of the accumulated gold I have. I believe that an appropriate move would be to provide a 5 pack of extractors on the gem store for free.
This would at least take the sting out of having to buy replacement upgrades. Players could sell their old upgrade components and put the gold toward the cost of the new ones.