bunch of white knight nonsense that people who don't donate say to make themselves feel better since even though they don't donate at least they're protecting the dev's wallet so they're more special
people are talking about it because the situation has changed. before there was nothing concrete either way, maybe the stress was too much and he couldn't handle it, or maybe he just wanted to drop everything and the community altogether, or maybe he was always in on the long con milk. no one knew any hard truths, so it was all fluff. but to reinstate your patreon (something many many devs failed to do(and documented), or took several days-weeks to do, or even had to change projects to get patreon to play nice), shows he knows exactly what he's doing.
and here's another thing for you white knights. i've donated to several patreons throughout the years, and shared games with all of you. that changes absolutely nothing about the situation. what the dev is doing is shitty and he should be called out for doing shitty things. being a donor or not doesn't change that. stop following people blindly just because they put out better jerk off material.