So here's the thing
people are posting a patreon copy
so he adds a real time password check
people posting the password
he updates it within hours
someone posted a depack tool so you could at least see the CGs
so he made it so the CGs couldn't be opened from that tool
people say its not working with other renpy tools because he probably modded it to break it on purpose
the only real options are
1: be patient and use the free versions
2: have someone crack the DRM, which would be required for every new version
3: share passwords on request by DM and only to non new accounts, so he cant tell if its been shared
4: post the password so often here that he gives up, or people can grab the most up to date version (would require alot of time VS 3)
this dev, is amazing in terms of DRM
he's small enough that he's not a huge target, he's not even on kemono, so F95 is probably his biggest issue
the issue is as a patreon, id hate having to check his patreon every time i wanted to play a game I'm paying for
always online DRM usually pisses people off, and i wonder if that has any negative impact there.