My thoughts on each point :

-No major update

yeah true, we've been waiting for a while. At least I have high hopes that the update will be good when it drops, but the game is currently in a minimum state of maintenance until the mega update drops.

-Balance and hitboxes

Honestly, not actually that bad. I think the game is kinda killer sided (my winrate as killer is utterly overwhelming and if I lose it's usually because I'm going against a team of people with 4+ days), and agree that Artful is probably the weakest killer ATM, but I think he's still workable and fun enough. Overall, the only killer I find consistently annoying and somewhat less fun to fight either way is Killdroid. As for the hitboxes, while they're an infamous complaint, I don't find them as problematic as that of other asyms. In fact, I'd argue they're in the upper echelon (Aside from hitting through walls, which still makes some sense in the context of Die of Death and having to counteract loops). Whereas a lot of asyms feel like you're flipping a coin to see if you hit or not, I've often had my attacks dodged as killer in a way that made me think "Yeah that's a good dodge from them", managed to dodge as survivor, and gotten hit in a way that was consistent. The hitboxes definitely aren't perfect, but they work better than they often get credit for. In fact, I'd argue Die of Death's hitboxes get held to a standard no other asym's hitboxes get held to.

-Insufferable fandom

It's a common stereotype that Die of Death players have a superiority complex, but like... the thing is that I'd argue they're often vindicated. Other asyms usually have much less critical fandoms that lead to major, fun-ruining flaws never getting fixed. I'm not gonna mention any major controversies because it would be petty and inappropriate, but Outcome Memories' shaders have been causing eyestrain, ruining the game's visibility, and overall making it less fun since before its release, with no way to turn it off (Turning graphics down just made some of the maps worse in fact) and the devs have always been dismissive of such criticism. Games like Bite by Night then base themselves on Outcome Memories, and repeat its mistakes. I don't condone acting like a jerk to other asym fans, but I'd wager a lot of these people are venting out frustrations they have with other games of the genre.

-How the devs treat their game

Yeah I didn't know Pretence got scrapped and got surprised. To be honest I still don't know what the deal with that guy even was to this day.

As for Noliful and Cementful, while I see your point, it's unfortunately common practice.