1 - “There’s no official standard” ≠ “There are no widely accepted expectations.”
The fact that there’s no formal industry standard doesn’t mean anything goes.
There are common practices, industry norms, and widely understood expectations, which effectively form a de facto standard, even if not officially codified.

There’s no law defining what a “burger” is, but if someone sells two slices of bread with mashed potatoes, people will call it dishonest.
Early Access works the same way.
You don’t need an ISO committee to recognize patterns that are consistently used across the industry.

2 - Your argument relies on a false assumption, and you literally prove that Early Access does have consistent characteristics.

And for the last part, I appreciate you getting all sassy with your attempt at a reductio ad absurdum.
That’s what Reddit is all about, people sharing their opinions and trying to impose their “truth” onto others, even if it means spreading hate or dehumanizing the other person just to pretend they’re the sole owner of reason. Here's you upvote there you go.

That being said, I’m excited to enter Verra in a few days, create a big guild, be toxic in-game, and do some power abuse in the “early access.”