If this was his day job and he had to abandon it due to no money for rent or food after getting kicked off Patreon (no surprise there, they are notoriously unreliable for AVN devs) or where ever then I agree, but not every side hobby is free or income-producing, sometimes it costs money to do like most any other hobby. If a dev is doing it for the storytelling and enjoys doing it (if not then they need a new hobby/career), then fuck the money. If they are doing it for the money then quit wasting time on AVNs, there's far more time-efficient ways to make it. He said it himself that the money wasn't important when he started, dunno why it is now when things like music and Daz assets can be pirated (or reverse-engineered if need be) just as easily as entire AVNs here, esp with no platform to complain and send DMCA notices to.