I think the best think for him tondo would be to.just realise the beta, even if it does randomly crash a bit.
I don't think that would be a good idea personally but what do I know
Counterexample: dwarf fortress.
So yes. If the dev just put up what he had in its entirety, right now, regardless of bugs, maybe there wouldn't have to be all of this irritation and worry about him not communicating/working(?)/whatnot.
Honestly, I think he's left it too late and dug too big a hole for that. A broken initial release would have been fine a few months ago if presented as such, but is likely to be taken a lot more critically after the disappointment of many missed deadlines then radio silence. The vastly decreased goodwill and negative bias that a lot of us have by now makes it more likely that people will focus on the problems rather than the potential, and react as such.
Toady gets away with putting out buggy releases because, well, people kinda love him, and for good reason. He keeps us in the loop to an almost ridiculous extent, provides the game for free (although I've easily spent more on this game than any other and believe this is the case for a lot of people), is regarded as something of a gifted eccentric/auteur for even attempting a game of this scope let alone succeeding, has proven himself ludicrously dedicated to the project, works at a baffling pace and as far as I can remember has never broken a promise to his supporters. The dude has
earned a virtually unlimited amount of goodwill. The same really can't be said for KDG, in fact the exact opposite of most of those statements would be true. I have a vague hope they know they're doing but are just really shit at project management and customer service. I think that's about as much enthusiasm as can be justified at this point.