From another point of view… it can be a good thing if we don’t have regular updates. With a regular update we have many more “small” advances and promises, but if those start to fail or have to be backed off, then we have many more “small” disappointments.
For example, we are looking at renting a house right now. My niece (SIL and niece share a house with us) sees a house that she likes, even claiming “her” room. We don’t get that house and she is disappointed. She is told that she can have a dog. Now the house we may be getting has a no-pet policy. We have a dog and they said that we can keep her, but no more pets. My niece, who hasn’t heard this news yet, will be incredibly disappointed. Had we just not told her the process, and not made promises that we can’t keep, then she would be far better off having not gone through the roller-coaster that is a pre-teen’s emotions during this process.
Another example is a Kickstarter board game that I have backed. We were told about 1.5 weeks ago that print-and-play files would be provided to us by the end of that week. We haven’t seen them yet. I’m not terribly worried about it, but I’m sure there are people on that backer page complaining about the delay who were maybe clamoring to get their home-made copy to the table for Father’s Day or something.
From that point of view I am kind of glad that we aren’t getting a blow-by-blow, because it gives us potential false-hopes. I am very happy for the few updates that we do get, because I like to see this machine we are getting in action, but I make no presumptions about what we see or hear, because I have no idea what level of build we are looking at, and how complete it is supposed to be.
I will get my Glowforge when I get my Glowforge, and I am encouraged by the fact that this team is taking their time to get it as well-made as they possibly can, rather than rushing it to consumers and having major issues.