That there's something bad happening can be seen from the fact that the goal is to reach the "MVP". This is an intermediate step towards the full release, which has no set date anymore. No matter whether you think Derek Smart is full of lies or completely wrong about things (even though it's interesting to see that the predictions he was right about, like the TOS change, are gleefully ignored...), the fact that the final product has no real release date anymore combined with the fact that any checks and balances have been removed from the TOS, should have you worried.
And oh btw, in that german forum people claim that the TOS wasn't changed. Or if it was changed, only "insignificant parts that only lawyers care about" have been changed.
Right.