Ignore DFX. It's not worth to spend time or bandwidth on it. It's for free here, but if you download it, you'll still feel you've been robbed by gumdrop.
As for August 30th. Meh. It's just two days away. It's not like his earlier deadlines set 1-3 months into the future that he missed. If you only look at the last four months, he's actually sticking to his deadlines now.
(Not that it's good, mind you, since half of those releases are DFX.)
That said, if we overlook DFX (which might be a way for him to vent off frustration), he appears to be trying to build back his reputation.
As long as you're not giving him any money (or you had given some in the past and you're now riding on his 'free subscription'), it's not that bad.
Personally, I'm not giving him any benefit of doubt. I haven't even downloaded his latest releases. They're still minimum effort and he hasn't done real work on his game yet.
But I do understand the people who do hope that he's back. I don't understand those who believe that he's back and will complete the game, he still hasn't proven himself, but I can understand why they want him back.
I really hope he's going to complete Dual Family and if it's as good as the first parts of act one were (those three years ago), I can actually pay for it, ONCE IT IS COMPLETED.
Just to be clear, DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO HIM NOW.
Wait at least until you feel like the game is worth paying for, NOT empty promises. If you feel it's worth paying for, sure, spend money, but cancel your subscription once you have downloaded what you want so that you don't get charged again.