I've long been a supporter of the devs doing things the way they always have because they really do owe us nothing. LFS has already redeemed its cost 10x over for me, so anything new from the devs is a gift. That's the way I look at S3. I don't expect it or demand it or get angry and impatient for it. I just hope that, maybe one day, I'll come here and find S3 stickies to the front page waiting for me to click download. Nothing else could put such a smile on my face.
That said, I do wish we could get a "We're alive" post sometimes. Literally just a check in, something to tell us they're still here. It's like having a missing family member. You never know whether they're dead or kidnapped or drinking Piña Coladas on some Polynesian island. Every day you just wish for one sign that things are OK, that somehow they made it. That's all I want, to know things are OK.