I totally agree. What's unfortunate is that behavior like this and this genre still have people donating and supporting them thus enabling such behavior in the future. Of course, not all.
It's why I never liked the whole "monthly donation" thing but it is what it is. People want to throw money away, who am I to judge?
For me, it's 'actions speak louder than words' and until then, people can spew any and all excuse or argument they want in defense of ES (and similar games in dev.) but I'll patiently wait and see.