Discussion in this thread of the release delay has run it’s course. Let’s focus any future posts on the update itself, and it’s likely content, rather than further off-topic arguments or conspiracy theories about MS/Asobo’s motivations.
A reminder that the next Dev Q&A livestream is on 2020-03-23T17:30:00Z over on the Official MSFS twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/msfsofficial, which may contain more information about the contents of World Update VIII.