Humor or not, it doesn't change the fact that Leaf for real has become Phase One's budget brand from a pure business perspective. If you want the latest and greatest MFD tech first, Phase One is your brand. Phase One won't release a flagship feature on Leaf before Phase One, there must be some motivation to the difference in price.
But the situation is a bit special, Leaf was independent before and a competitor to Phase One, they developed their own color profiles and some preferred Leaf's look over Phase One's, that is considered Leaf to be the superior brand (actually I think I'm one of them). This hasn't really changed, Leaf's colors are still distinctly different from Phase One's even if both are in Capture One now, and if you prefer them Leaf is still the superior brand to you. Then you can enjoy the better price that comes with the "budget" brand, but unfortunately need to suffer the delays in features too.