does that even count as an update when there is really no new content?
Dev got engaged late last year, moved into a new house with his fiance, and had been busy with wedding preparations; hence was busy with a lot IRL stuff.
Besides you may not like it, but plenty of folks have been waiting for the game's VN mode to be available (previously it was Full Experience, and Just Story modes. hence VN mode players would have been waiting the longest).
So, for those people, they're glad the game is finally available with the mode they want.
Also, this website being a pirate site, basically updates the thread to the latest version of the game when the leaker leaks that new version.
And while there is no new main story content, there is still that Codex section that people can read (which wasn't available in the previous version of the game, and only got released with Season 1 Steam version).