It was about how the team communicated to the community touting asic resistance the whole time (which ultimately drew in a lot of supporters and people to buy the coin because of that)
Communication - yes could have been better and earlier. They should take the criticism and improve that on that.
But fooling investors? Asic resistance per se is not a goal, only for miners who want to protect their investments.
What Asic resistance stands for in the mind of investors is security of the network from attacks by concentrated hash power. As Dero team has said, many Asic resistant networks now have hidden Asics, which is a great danger and fooling investors who think they buy security.
Dero team took the hard decision and taking all the blows and beatings now to keep the network secure. They could have gone the more easy, more popular route for short term gains. But they did not and that speaks volumes for their commitment and integrity. They are taking the shots now to protect the network and investors.