I mean, IMO it's pretty understandable to react with "Kay, deuces" to a whole lot of "WEN UPDATE GAEM ABANDOND DEV MILKING" because you slowed down after a parent died. But that's just me.
I know of several devs who are at least semiactive in the threads for their games, but with the entitlement and occasionally toxic tone we see around here... I bet a lot of devs are much happier not participating at all.