At least they're up front about not working on it. It's way worse when devs say "Oh I'm totally making content" and then you still hear nothing for over a year.
Got harder my ass. How difficult can it be to just put out an announcement once a month/every 6 months updating on the status of the project? You ask, he got lazy and unmotivated. Happy to get the money he was getting and just said fuck it.