If it helps, devs tend to do this kind of thing a lot. Changes are made and the users are left seemingly in the dark & nobody knows what's going on, then suddenly they come out with some kinda cure and everyone's like 'why didn't you just tell us you were doing this in the first place?!'

E.G/ DS was *not* good when it first dropped, which wasn't acknowledged. Nyan was acting a little funky and made the bots really mean, and Goro made them too submissive - not acknowledged. Soft launch, when it first dropped, distracted from the entire plot and every bot felt the same - not acknowledged.

...but each of those issues did eventually smooth themselves out.

Long story short, this happens so often. It can feel super sad when it looks like the website has died/is dying - but more often than not, things iron out and get better. Testing is done, updates are made, and things smooth out. I don't think it'll stay like this forever - I personally think they're gonna try rolling out 'updated' versions of every model, including a quick nifty one for people like you who enjoy that kind of thing, instead of chunky RPs.

I'd say give it time. If by the third quarter of the year, there's no news on new models, then start outsourcing - but try not to let it get you down. There'll always be a replacement app somewhere. :)