Okay. Let's do the math. August 2016 to May 2025 is 105 months. The latest version I have on my hard drive that I can quickly look up is v0.4.08, which is 2 version old at this point. Even then the scene gallery has 262 scenes. At least 42 of those scenes have at least 2 alternate versions, with some scenes having upwards of 3, 4, or even 6 versions. Most other scenes will still have minor variations depending on smaller choices and the corruption level of the characters involved, but aren't as dramatic as having either a straight or gay scene choice.
Still, even with that truncated amount based on an older out of date build, that's still 2.495 scenes per month. Again, keep in mind that the more recent builds will have more scenes and would skew that number even higher. That's still ~2.5 scenes per month with bespoke artwork, some of it even animated. On top of that they're incorporating all of them into a very choice dependent RPG sandbox, so keeping track of the literally hundreds of different choices and event flags has to be a nightmare. I'm not saying the devs couldn't do better, and perhaps were overly ambitious with their overarching story plans. But given the sheer amount of top-quality content on offer, trying to take pot shots at them for 'miking' is being disingenuous.
Or in other words, it's a real lazy and ignorant take to try and lambast a team that has a nearly decade long track record of delivering solid content.