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Its why I think all the "Early access bad" people are fucking idiots.
A lot of games abuse EA, no arguments there. A lot of games also just rush to 1.0 so they can do a console release and then abandon the game (the Time at Portia devs did that with like three kickstarters?). And then you have the labors of love like Dwarf Fortress or Caves of Qud or Project Zomboid that basically will always be EA (although Qud hit 1.0, finally).
Not to mention studios like Amplitude who use EA in the best possible way. They have a vertical slice of the game and they work with the community to figure out what features to add or rebalance. It isn't always perfect but it genuinely feels like they are listening and it is great.
People should only be buying EA titles if the current state of the game is worth the price they're paying for it.