Well that abysmal approach to customer communication is a choice they have made. In all honesty, I don't get why there is such a lack of information coming from the devs. Okay, fair, they do sometimes engage the community on Discord but I know of several one-man indie game devs who keeps their niche updated on a regular basis, while here we have a bigger team, but far less interaction and often more vagueness and smoke screens.
Worse, if you voice that concern, there are others who will rise and defend them vehemently often citing current events for means and justification why it's unreasonable for you to be concerned about whatever it is you brought up.
In any case, an EA release soon, October, or whenever is mere speculation. Heck, it could even postponed to 2024. No one knows other than the devs and they are not telling, so...it is what it is.