100% agree with what you say, IOTA is not in production phase, and Dom Schiener has stressed this several times, saying he is "hoping to reach production by the end of the year", still many analysist pretend otherwise and as if there wasn't a roadmap up still to cover.
Nevertheless, the info about the historical transactions is something i dont like to hear ( i always thougt a snapshot would also make accessible all past transaction, which not seems to be the case), with billions of dollars invested that should be covered better imo, if in fact true.