i wont go that far, to conspiracy, i'll stay on "epic amateurism" in the troubleshooting team of LO (engineers working on it you said ? what ? where ?), whatever the cheerleaders here say.
1 or 2 days late, ok, sheet happens...but when they gave up the "time before up" updates, it was obvious they were clueless from that time on about wtf is going on, it only increases legit frustration.