Am I too cynical because whenever I read things like 'the devs will give us extra space as soon as they're sure the servers can handle it!' arguments in more-space-begging suggestion threads, I just have to laugh?

I get that server concerns are the reason space isn't just infinite now and forever, but I have a hard time thinking that they make it a priority to run serious analytics (X active users currently maxed out and with enough t/g reserves to hit the new cap ASAP, Y average number of users maxing on a monthly basis, so projecting they would also work towards new caps, extrapolate over time) etc etc, rather than occasionally vaguely remembering 'Oh yeah, more space is a thing people want' and dribbling out another few slots.