Putting aside why people care what strangers do with their £$€ I think the presumption is Patrons changing how or if they pay would change dev behavior and these days I have real doubts it would. It's frustration looking for a fix to long AVN dev times.
We’ve all seen milkers on this site. Their funding falling off a cliff didn’t change their behavior one iota if anything it entrenched it (so many
grandma funerals
). The biggest were happy to earn relative pennies for nothing in comparison to tens of thousands a year for work. It's all radio silence, random update and if the funding was too low they bail entirely until "abandoned". And that’s the motherfucking milkers.
When it comes to devs such as DPC, digi.B, US, Classy Lemon, Caribdis, Ocean, Philly etc that do actually produce quality work. I’m not sure why changing how the talented devs are funded or paying them less is going to make them work faster or produce more; if losing money couldn't motivate milkers to do that. I think the truth is AVNs taking years is what it is now and you either put it on ignore or wait.
Unless you have an actual contract with someone or own shares good luck influencing their work schedule in any way.
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