That's called setting up expectations. If you know your project might interest people but needs work, why pretends it's good when it's not? They seem to be courting contributors more than users anyway.
I found the video to be funny. It nicely highlights both the current limitations and the ambition of the projects. Bold choice certainly but I think it works.
and it's maybe a dig at Macron's accent at the same time :D
although the author is a student in germany. Anyway you should join the Discord, we discussed this there too...