I think there are some bigger reasons why they are not giving full information about what is happening. I think that if they tell the truth about how things really are, it will cause enormous and painful damage to the platform. That is why they are trying to avoid it or delay it as long as possible.
This is clearly not working, as more and more people are getting restless. I’m already considering moving my stuff away from this platform (where to is still an open question, but as a web dev I can, at worst, self-host something), I’ve seen people do the same and I’ve already come across three different groups of people talking about starting a competitor. Itch is burning through its community’s goodwill reserve at an alarming speed and this isn’t a resource you can easily replenish.
It doesn’t matter how bad the situation is, most people are pretty good at assuming worse if given the possibility, and this doesn’t consider the people who lost money and saw their games delisted because of obscure rule updates who are justifiably angry and probably talking with lawyers right now.