He always stated he wanted to live on the money from his games, he is able to make over 5k usd every month (patreon + SubscribeStar) , even more than Akabur who did deliver 2 or 3 games (one still being modded to this day).
I'm far from defending this "scam" but why would he bother about what ppl think at a pirate forum, when he keeps getting profit by just doing some reworks, that imo he just gets the money for several months, and takes like 1 month actually working on it.
Truth is, ppl love the art of the game, that's why many are so angry, and I think Bones could double the income if he actually deliver progression of this game, but It seems like he's satisfied with the current income.
*Ps: Sorry about the bad english, It's not my native language.