you seemingly imply that it's a standard practice for devs to offer early access like ED do with a lot of their products but that isn't correct at all. I think you're confusing the full release of a game that is present with bugs and needs fixes on day 1 (which is common now) against EDs early access process which is to release an unfinished game that isn't feature complete and doesn't get anywhere close to what other devs are releasing on day 1 until many years later.
It is correct. ED does exactly this. Furthermore ED has deliberately eroded the distinction between early access and normal release with bugs. The line is not just blurred, it's erased. Testing version downloads are advertised in 1000px tall banners on the main page with download link without any hint it isn't the real branch. Modules which are labeled beta in the store page have their beta labels erased without reason from the module listing in the software. ED has achieved the ability to have a beta product for the alibi but a final product for marketing simultaneously.
