Was there anything else? I gave you the best answer based on more experience in tech forums than almost anyone on the web. I've sat in many meetings with developers as an MVP where they explained gating during these releases in detail. So I shared with you inside information that almost no one else knows since they don't talk about gating publicly that much.
I wish there was more I can do but in this case letting you know what this has meant for others bases on handling countless similar cases is all I have. I'm sorry if that is not enough. I suggested you report this to developers who will see it via the Feedback Hub, then will not see it here.