Update is out next Thursday.
They added act 4.
They're removing the cruel difficulty (previously you had to run through acts 1-3 twice consecutively, now you run 1-4 + 3 small "interlude acts" that serve as fodder to level you up)
They added new tiers to support gems and removed the restriction that stopped you from having multiple of the same type supporting different skills.
They added a new auction house system that allows trading buying items from other players with no need for them to accept the trade, so if an item is listed on the trade site you may always buy it instantly.
There's a lot of balance changes and additions to the crafting system, too. It's looking like a biiiiig patch.
time to line up for the slop!
It's not wild at all to say that Jonathan is a liar. It's observable. Most things that he says turn out to be lies. He told people a date for a new POE 1 league and at the same time privately canceled all POE 1 development, multiple times. When Jonathan says that loot drops had been buffed, it had been nerfed. If Jonathan says something, it would be more logical to expect the opposite.
Jonathan wants the game to be fun for Jonathan. This is something that Jonathan has said when defending his poor design decisions. He has said that if a design decision is not fun for him, then how can it be fun for anyone else. He does not consider that other people enjoy things that he doesn't like. He's not trying to make a game that POE players like. He's trying to make a game that he likes and then he expects that other people must enjoy it. That is why POE 2 is being designed in such a narrow way.
Honestly the reason that POE 2 sells is on name recognition. If it was called something else, it would have way less players. Name recognition loses impact over time. POE 2 is having less player as people realize that POE 2 is designed in Jonathan's vision.