Sadly, with all this being true. The real problem is the patrons who support such devs. And there is nothing that can be done to make people more responsible with their spending. Either they are forgetful or gullible.
I doubt the platforms such as patreon will implement minimum content levels either since it will decrease their own profits since the patreons will jump ship from the easy life to go to a different platform. It is a question of morality and it rarely aligns with chasing profit.
We can only keep writing these messages to hopefully make more people realize what they are doing.
Now this makes me think: is it just as immoral to keep suporting a dev who milks patreons as compared to this exact dev milking its patreons?
Why shouldnt they be held to the same standards as normal jobs? It is Patreon's fault for not not exacting anything from their "artists" and its devs' fault for abusing a faulty system.
this is exactly what I am talking about, they wouldn't take it as a normal job because it is not.
apparently, patrons can't do anything about it, otherwise, no one would complain about it. No one can "fire" a dev because of the inefficiency, it is not how it works. one could be very surprised: why a dev don't upload much still get 10+k per month? it doesn't make any sense.... it doesn't match market rules ... but it is fact, isn't it? no one has to be resentful of a fact, just like no one should be bothered by the fact: Picasso"s "rubbish" could worth so much so that this lazy artisan doesn't have to work from 9 -5 like us.
Besides, the way of getting payment is not normal. As I said, patronization creates a twisted prize/penalty pattern. If someone's potential income decrease because of hard-working, then, basically, he/she won't work hard. this is a fundamental axiom. This situation is totally different from a "normal job".
This is not a normal job, so it is not necessary for patrons to be forgetful or gullible to keep paying devs who don't update much, the reason could be they like the dev, they like the arts, they like ..." hope", because they might not be able to find the same thing somewhere else, it is quite usual when it comes to arts. This is not as same as a "normal job".
Because it is not a market behavior~ it is not reasonable, either rational
The context we must be mindful of is that: few players on Patreon can find what they need from other sources. The gaming industry doesn't appreciate kinky/deviant/independent games at all. it is very difficult for devs to move their passion to Steam, and make it a "normal job". SADLY, patronization is the only choice for players and devs in the kinky/deviant gaming field so far, and the relationship is twisted by the nature of "patronization"
Above all, naturally, if the gaming industry(EA, Ubisoft, etc) opens more resources to those independent devs, and players can buy games easily from platforms like Steam so that devs won't get any payment if they don't work efficiently(they could make millions on another hand if they work hard --- such motivation doesn't exist on Patreon ), websites like Patreon would disappear overnight ---- at least it would be true for the adult gaming section. Without Patreon, the "patronization abusing" wouldn't exist, then there wouldn't be "milking" either.
That is the solution. Well, people could keep complaining, but really, this is not the first dev to be confronted, and won't be the last one, as long as patronization is still the only way --- an unreasonable non-market behavior.
Pun intended
