I like to quote Mario Peshev code itself does not matter at all. That's why I use/buy a developer, not code.
If a plugin is not updated for almost a year, that does not give me much comfort about stability, security or compatibility in the future.

Maybe plugin's team can check updates by "untrusted" and new maintainers more. Plugin's directory contains a lof of old, broken and junky plugins. For average user's eyes - it's broken WordPress, not a plugin.

Also required a detailed changelog with each update, which has to match the changes in the code can help to prevent this in the future.