Not sure where this claim came from, but nothing has changed. Free browser version is still at itchio like it has always been.
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This is misinformation. The Discord server has its own section for patch notes on Nightly versions (unstable patreon versions) that are visible for everyone. Nightly versions are unstable, so while patrons get to try out the new features first, they also experience all the potentially game breaking bugs, which patrons happily test and bug report.
You would know about patch notes, if you did not decide to flee from the server after failing to hold a civil discussion without trying to put other opinions down to elevate yours, dropping your frail facade of an attempt at being intellectual. So ashamed you were that you made sure to delete every message you ever had written in the server.