I wanted to remain positive as far as possible because Freebitco is the website that got me introduced to Bitcoin and it's also the website that I have been trusting for almost a decade but today the situation is very different. The owner doesn't even visit a forum. Does it really take that much to visit this forum for a second? TheQuin doesn't also care to visit this forum and at least tell us something. Only their marketing team and freshly hired support team come here. I had a hope of their support team but the support hasn't even posted since 20 June.
Conclusion: Don't trust Freebitco, the owners don't care. It is abandoned.
P.S. You summarized everything perfectly.
We all know how sad that feels to hear and many of us would have bene feeling the same way because we were among the new users of freebitco.in and freebitco.in was the site that gave us our first satoshis.
One thing among every issue that has been stated before, which bothers me is that TheQuin should have come up for a clarification.
He has been in the forum handling all the freebitco.in issues for so many years.
Even if he is not with freebitco.in anymore he should still have come up and posted saying he has quit the position.
But anyway, just like my personal message says "Nothing lasts forever", everything has an end and may be freebitco.in is nearing to it's end.
Despite all the issues, I guess we all will remember freebitco.in for lifetime and be thankful for all the years it served us.