Most app developers rarely visit Play Console once their app is published. Either they aren't making updates, or they are a larger operation and use the API to

Most app developers rarely visit Play Console once their app is published. Either they aren't making updates, or they are a larger operation and use the API to deploy. Unfortunately many of them also don't notice Play developer emails because they get in the habit of ignoring them. In some ways Google I/O and the press are vital in getting the word out to devs about important changes. Source: Worked at Play on developer tooling.