I don't think I've ever felt more validated in cancelling a Patreon sub than I am now for having done so after Ch 4 release.
The author pulled a bait n switch in Ch 4 with the "lol jk didn't actually send those pictures to the photographer", then proceeded to milk 3 months of sub fees to release an update with not only less sexual content but more tame sexual content than the first 2 chapters.
It's 4D cuckoldry and it's abundantly clear that the original story progression of this game has been corrupted by its popularity, or was an outright manipulation to bait you into monthly payments. I mean look at the title of the game lol... The vast majority of the content is about people other than the dude's new girlfriend; she's hardly even a side character.
lmaooo yeah, as much as I like the game still, I can't deny I agree with all of this. The photographer story progression was shit, and I was wary of the game slowing down and milking the players more once the developer decided to start incorporating animations. They always say "it's somebody else doing it yadda yadda", but organizing the person to do it and coordinating with them etc always adds to the workload, and I guess we see where it leads.
Also, I just realized how true what you said about the sexual content being tame was. The Anya scene was hot as fuck,
but it was her imagination. It's kinda wild that the borderline only actual sex scene we got was Ari blowing Sai, who a) are already a couple, b) we already saw doing the same exact thing in text messages/pictures that Ari sent to Violet and c)
they are already a couple, and we already saw Ari sucking a black dick in a gym bathroom. 3 months for regression is wild.