I can't help think they (M) are "damned if they do; damned if they don't".
We spend years with no line of sight of new products and developments. It was annoying and sometimes very costly.
As soon as we get some line of sight we seem to hear a lot of moaning about the date with some strong language to match. (IMHO)
As has been stated before on this topic, the app is apparantly with Apple and unless you know otherwise, this takes a variable amount of time to get through the Apple system. I hope the time taken means that it will work properly straight off.
I, for one, will be disappointed if this negativity results in a move back to silence and no visibility of what is to come.