So if the answers aren't given in any of the stickies or countless other threads which talk about the same thing, what makes you think they'll magically appear in this one? Did you think that those who have the "golden answers" have been sitting around waiting for a thread entitled "What do we know?"
It seems like you've already read those answers, given that you said you read the stickies. So the whole purpose in starting this thread is to construct yourself a platform on which to express your skepticism of the statements Bandlab have made thus far.
Sonar will be taken in the direction that its new owners feel is the necessary direction to make it profitable. The Sonar that you know and love - the program as it stands today and everything associated with it - was clearly not profitable enough, and hence a significant change in direction is inevitable. You'll either like the results or not.
One thing's for sure - there are those among Sonar's long term die-hard "I never connect my DAW the internet" crowd who will get themselves all of a flutter at the very thought of any cloud/social media/collaboration element in the new app, and some who will whip themselves into a frenzy of paranoia at the thought of BandLab spying on them, or of nefarious parties getting their hands on their music and somehow claiming ownership of it when they're not looking. Such concerns are likely to be greatly exaggerated and/or completely unfounded, but if you're so concerned about using a DAW that has no connectivity or contact with anyone or anything else then there are plenty to choose from.