I have decided to assume that because the developers have chosen not to comment, they do not intend to bring back RA.
Based on that, I'm going to cancel auto-renew and this will be my last year with Avast.
I feel that Avast has lost its way, trying to pack too many features into a single client, and neglecting older features in favor of others that are paid only.
This removes value from their Premier license, which used to include every feature, now just gives a few extras.