I kinda missed a bunch of stuff I guess, either because some mod had to wade in to clean the mess or some troll that I put on ignore is bleating, but this is my take.
All this sort of stuff kinda depends on what you want from this place I guess. I don't think of this place as a piracy forum. I put Light of my Life out for free, publicly, and I make it available myself, here and on itch.io where you can get it for free. It's not a slimmed down version either; there's no game content behind a paywall.
What I'm looking for is supporters that are willing to chip in to fund the development of this free game, and that's why I like F95, because if offers a platform for a dev to find such fine people and create something special together.
I'll tell you this though, what gets really tiresome is the noise of entitled brats screeching for their free lunch, demanding it NOW and trying to chase off those that would support it if they're not treated as first class customers. Or the basement dwelling curmudgeons who're just kicking up dust in the hope of starting a brawl because nothing's more satisfying than ruining the mood of a group of people that are having a good time; everyone should be as miserable as they are.
Those can STFU and go straight into my ignore bin, and then the place starts to be fun again.