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There's nothing regarded as security as long as the one with data is willing to share every file component wether it's a key or password.. Maybe he's randomly changing it everytime idk..
Can someone explain how can a developer protects an update from being leaked here?
By URL? He cannot. There is always a need to REupload downloaded file, do not use original url simply because it can be put down by dev himself and swapped for patreons to new one (cat-mouse game).
If someone really downloaded it, i assume it is processed automatically, in other way it would not be any user-friendly method

Then he can always pack up his whole game folder and share it as a package
There are also some known methods based on linking account with patreon/subscribestar subscriptions, but it is easily bypassable, especially in RenPy games which are open-coded
