I dunno, it feels like they could've said "screw y'all; we're taking 2 weeks off to go to tahiti and when we come back we're going to finish the game with absolutely no more previews, early access, behind-the-scenes looks, or dev diaries and you're gonna have to deal with it for acting like a bunch of spoiled, self-entitled twats"
and I would've been totally OK with it and probably cheering them on for it.