And again, what part of "ANY and EVERY act done in public is subject to criticism" don't you get? Even if it is explained, that has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not any individual will accept it. Some will and others will see it as just an excuse, people don't and shouldn't think within a hive mind. People should accept that, but you get morons like you who think that every single person should just go along with whatever a dev says. Of course you also get morons who reject whatever a dev says despite having proven themselves but that is life.
Which is also why when DocRipper pointed out something similar I replied with "If a dev has a proven track record, it can be ignore" which you WOULD have understood if you didn't turn off your brain to try and defend the dev. So answer this: Does the dev you're so willing to white knight have a PROVEN track record? If yes, then guess what?
But if they don't, and by proven I mean actually completed a game, then you're literally working on a "Just trust me, bro" in a indie industry with 100s of devs who start a game, set up a sub based platform to gain money, and then either disappear into the ether or milk the hell out of it. There's a really good reason smarter people don't just blindly trust a dev.