I can’t disagree more. The last big update gave us a stronger KataGo interface and the ability to let the AI judge variations, both features that have been requested by people. The updates before that revolved around fixing the ranking system, which used to be the most criticised part of OGS (apparently successfully, since most of the criticism has ceased). The tournament system is being renewed and expanded, which is also frequently critiqued / requested.
Most “cool” features (like the Joseki dictionary, the rating graph per game, the colours of the game list, accessibility options, etc.) are done by volunteers from the community, not by anoek.
Furthermore, a lot of development has to go into making sure the server works at all, not in new features.
A lot of the work anoek does is more or less vital for the server, but not as visible from the outside. The number of new players has exploded since the pandemic started, which meant a move to a larger data farm. With AI analysis, the need for servers to do the computations also increased. Last week facebook decided to drop OGS, which required an immediate fix. There’s apparently a finance problem as well that needs urgent fixing with a strict deadline.
Most problems and bugs aren’t fixed because there are way more important problems to be fixed first, not because anoek has only time for “cool features”. If it was all about getting new cool features, we’d surely have rengo by now.