I don't think that is true. My idea is that the author is trying to dedicate a single route to the impatient - people who care less about realism, like me. Aiden route might be the one we will see extramarital sex the soonest and this path might be the most unrealistic - as long as other paths are realistic this might be a saver.
I think is a good idea, however LP should not neglect other paths - then everyone will be happy.
I've always cared about realism in AWAM, not that it was realistic as such but that it was more believable & had elements of subtlety not found, (at least by me), in other games. What I was after when I started playing, nearly 5 years ago, was an erotic adult game, written by an adult for grown-ups. Yes, I wish there had been some extra-marital sex by now but the lack of it was never going to put me off. People are totally spoiled for choice in porn these days, EXCEPT when it comes to a well-written, genuinely erotic, quality rendered, 3D visual novel. This was AWAM until around 2 years ago IMO.
Making the Aiden path unrealistic but quicker, (n.b. next task due 2025....warp speed for L&P?), is not an idea that appeals to me. Why should the Aiden route be picked as the one to become quicker but sub-standard? What happened at the meeting gives weight to your theory, despite the glacial roll-out pace, as all pretence at realism went out of that particular route, for those not choosing the Mafia solution. As there's not going to be much for those playing the tasks to look forward to for a while, however, this tends to discount the theory. So, IMO, it's back to square one. There have been many changes to AWAM, most of them regrettable.
As for keeping everybody happy, although it's impossible, a good attempt would be to speed up the whole thing but that is not going to happen. There's only one guaranteed constant as long as the story lasts & that is slowness, which tends not to spread joy unconfined.
