Moved thread to offtopic.
I backed both games and RELISH the chance to play SC when I can...
genuinely excited but I feel the points the OP makes about ED are a little harsh and unfair.
It is a game in development, and a lot of the points you made show that you have maybe missed a lot of information like upgrading ship, bounty collection to raise funds for trading, the stations are all coriolis currently for these builds until they have others ready,
so the restrictions you are worried about are purely for beta testings..
I do however straight up disagree with your graphics comment, I find the graphics stunning.