Well i dont think Aleksey would go that low like DS did, now seeing how this stupid stuff like customisation can take away of the dev time and also bring problems neither patreons nor us want.I dont say no to this features , but like you said dont derail the game story which is behind in terms of story (not aleksey's fault of course , but big brother is an "old" game).This isn't a patreon forum pal, this is a pirate/free shit site and guess what? Opinions are free too.. so you chill..
And yes, as is the case with most games, the patrons dictate the direction of the development.. and that's usually a completely different path than the original vision.
"What? We have a game where a horny teen tries to corrupt his family to get some? Let's completely derail that with multiple characters/scenarios that have nothing to do with the story... we didn't like the family in the first place.."
I think i speak for 99.99% when i say we are more eager to continue the story beyond Big Brother did, and not waste dunno 1-2 more years catching up just because some kid that wants to show the rest that he has money throws it on stupid features like char customisation, at least not before story is nearly finished.