Well, I’m not saying time gating = bad, it doesn’t and some things I am sure need to be done like that to avoid players rushing through all the content then complaining they don’t have anything to do.
But for fudge sake, don’t release a statement apologizing to your customers about how your company isn’t doing as well as they can only to turn around and keep on with the keeping on same old stuff.
At this point, best to take everything that gets brought up as an apology from the Developers with a grain of salt in one ear and out the other type thing.