They expect Roger & Jihan to pump their bags that's the only reason they still hold. Nobody believes in the tech, there is no development, no adoption, no hashrate... just a shitcoin with empty promises. Maybe it will make some huge gains with the new bull run but so does everything else.
I even left BCH a long time ago. until now I think only the support of the community that maintains BCH but is traded and is in the market. non-existent updates as you said are one of the most compelling reasons not to mine or have a BCH. and despite the pump happening, I don't believe BCH will have enough power to stabilize its price on the market.
Miners almost all insta dump so they dont care about updates, development etc. I am not saying bcash is any good but people mining bcash doesnt have relevancy since mining is mostly done for insta profits. You guys need to separate why people mine from the actual coin itself, it's all about profitability when mining