Your and my idea of tons differ.
There are over 75 million Wordpress sites in one form or another running.
1500 is 0.0022666667% of that.
If I’m a Plug-in developer, it’s not rocket science to figure out where I’ll make more money.
I’ve loaded Classic Press and liked it and I want Classic Press to succeed but I’m also a realist which is why I thought having a public number of installs posted somewhere so people can watch it’s progress would be a good idea.
At some point I’ve got to make a decision as to whether to fully embrace Classic Press and put my future in it’s hands, or embrace Gutenberg and just roll with it as so many others have done.
I’m sure I’m not the only developer who feels this way.