Checking your profile tells me, that you´re more the guy who complain about a lot which doesn´t kick your mind. But that´s just fine. At least you didn´t have to pay for all those games here...
Oh the "you steal games" argument pff not a great one my friend. Im sorry but i dont think this game as it is now is worth more than 2 dollars and they are asking for 10.
I dont care iff you belive me or not but i am supporting 4 different patreon games as of right now, that are imo worth it. And be sure that i will be the 1st that will unsub iff they start doing nothing, or i find that they are just wasting time to get more money.
I was supporting many more, but most turned out to be a huge dissapointment. (Breeders of the Nephelym, Wilflife, Project Doll etc)
And sometimes i am just supporting games i like One time, you cant seriousley expect someone to pay 10 dollars a month for a 120mb game that gets 2 mb content every 2 months, i mean for how long? whats the end? iff you had supported for example Breeders of the nephelym from the start till this day, you would have given them like over 1100 USD, iff you realy think that game is worth 1100 Dollars than you are insane.
Btw by your logic iff you given them for example: 500 Dollars but you are currently not giving them money but download the latest update then youre "stealing" their game....
And lastly i just dont support every deadend unity asset store flip, poorly made game.
Iff you want to give them 10 USD for this / month on itch be my guest.
I hold the opinion that a game needs to have value inorder to get financed.
You dont go to a Restaurant that serves empty moldy bread and think aww they are trying their best i will buy the moldy bread.
But for some reason the gameing industry is special, no matter what lazy slock they put out or how little effort they add or how unprofessinal a game is, ppl like you will tell others that they need support and a pat on the back....
But but!!! "game development is hard" well so is Refining Crude Oil or Building Telecomunication Towers on Mountain tops, or manufacturing Airplanes, but they dont get money iff Oil plants explode, towers fall over, or airplanes crash....
Iff you do a bad lazy job in real life in any other industry you will just get fired or will go bankrupt... this nonsensical notion is only flourising in the indie gaming space.....