Here the scheme works a little differently.
If you paid and whine, he will not care because you paid the money for the goods.
If after that you will continue to support the development and whine, then he will not care,/9 the main thing is that money is coming and that's it.
For example, when I started making my own, I immediately refused to monitize the game.
The reason is simple, I don't want to owe anyone and promise something.
Creative freedom
Well, I will say one thing to sell patches that correct errors in the game, this evil to the game which is considered free.