I don't remember the exact blog post but yes, this is correct. Instead of TONS of splat books, they'll instead have something new at the end of each AP. from what i remember, this was confirmed by a member of the development team.
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Specifically, the idea is that while Pathfinder goes:
Here's the new AP about acrobats in Geb.
... So here, have a new campaign setting book on Geb.
... and here, have a new player companion about acrobatics.
Starfinder will go more like this:
Here's the new AP about the goatspiders of Rygel 9. There are articles in the back with everything you need to play goatspider PCs, and an overview of Rygel 9.
This both keeps them from having to spread resources thinner supporting literally twice the regular load of books, and makes logistical sense since intergalactic-scale space fantasy stuff isn't really suited to broadly covering the details of a general geographic region and revisiting it regularly. It's more, here is this one-off planet we really don't have any plans for beyond setting this one adventure there.
Mind, way back in the day, that was the stated intention for the adventure paths that eventually became Pathfinder. They might have hoped for more (and it bore out!), but the intent was the have one product that essentially replaced both Dungeon and Dragon magazines. But as the setting grew, so did the product lines. We may see something similar for Starfinder, albeit slower probably.
TLDR: if the market is there, more products might come someday, I'm guessing.
You also have to take Paizo's limited resources into account. They're not staffed to have both full-on Pathfinder support and full-on Starfinder support, so it's a best of both worlds if your AP source is also your companion line source as well.