as a player who bought it at ALpha 4, to see it go this far and still being in EA is actually quite insulting, the development team dont have leadership in my view.
As stated above, they add more items, more items to cause server bugs and update graphics rather than fix core game play and get the game in a state that works, even the menu system is a let down based on how long its been gone on for.
For reference, i originally gave up on 7DTD around Alpha 9, I did go back and play some around alpha 14, which was a pleasant surprise as the graphics had been massively updated and that was about it, I found everything else a let down and ive not touched it since.
What I will say though is;
their vision for the game was something incredible and how it originally looked and was moving forward, I had a number of friends who was interested in the game, some picked it up, but everyone has dropped it now for the same reasons as above. They had a money maker and a game which could transfer the organisation, they clearly made some wrong choices along the way.
If you want a laugh, check out what happened to 7DTD on console, ouchiesssss.