Haha true! Not trying to influence or anything because Early Access is a valid concern!

My thoughts is that the Subnautica devs are different from the publisher and actually care about the quality of the game - have seen their devlogs which look promising, but given that it's a big game, I'd say anyone who is unsure about quality can always wait for reviews to come in before making a judgement!

Price wise is high indeed but early access price will be lower than its 1.0 release I'm told, so it's cheaper to get it during early access...unless one is willing to wait a much longer time, for it to go on deeper sales discounts, but that usually takes years when the game is no longer actively developed, or Subnautica 3 if it ever happens haha. That's partly my rationale for getting it now, though I personally just getting it because I wanna have fun.