@Daniel_Whitehe2 lol! This still doesn't excuse Shopify treating us like a bunch kids who have been naughty in the playground however. Could not have said it better. 

@maxrfinch that's really nice you found a possible solution. Can you maybe update me if it has worked with your case? I would appreciate that, since my client would like to have more than 16 images in their showcase. I don't want to immediately show ...

This is very frustating for me too, did you have any other answer yet or did you manage to fix this in any other way?