Sure, everyone deserves holidays and be off by depression and illness, that's are basic rights that everyone can accept or not, but it is comon sense that everyone need some time to be off, and need to be off if you have an illness.
The problem is, how you sustain people that doesnt work?, because on this capitalism world if you dont work, you dont eat, it is simple as that right?Everyone can understand this basic thing.
Then, how we sustain this people? Well this enter the taxes.
In principle without corruption and etc.One of the uses of taxes, is to give a pay to people who are in risk of social exclusion.
If you are ill, you still need to pay food, bills etc,, so the government give you a pay while you are ill, or if you cannot work for other medical,physical, or social reasons.(It is starting to be implemented to pay a salary for those who"cannot find a job")
They pay by, your own insurance, your own employer, or directly by them.(Sometimes people mistakes that its the employer who pays you, or the insurance, thats a real mistake, you MAY think that they pay you, but in reality is the government, because if they really pay to everyone who cannot work, they enter in bankruptcy.
Taxes, who pay taxes? On an ideal world, everyone pay his taxes, some people more, some people less, but EVERYONE pay their taxes, whatever you work.So this dev pay their taxes with your money,while he gets a salary that YOU pay monthly on his patreon.
What is the most controversial thing I see here?
-He gets his money every month while people doesnt see "improvements" on the game because he has a serious illness, that need treatment, and depending the grade of illness, he should or shouldnt work.Depression is a serious shit that can end in death if it is not treated correctly.And of course this illness, proved that makes a significant damage into being productive, at least, to him.
-You pay your taxes in your country, to pay this type of things(apart from many otghers like, education,healthy service,infrastrecturues, etc): And if we add that you pay also his salary without seeing any improvements, it is normal that people may get angry.
This of course is not an excuse to bully him, or whatever people make to him. NEVER. If you are aware that you are harming him because of these reasons, you are an inmature kid.
Personally, what it should be done?
-The dev should get time off and recover, until he is ready to face his job without repercussions, and by this I mean shutting his patreon off. He can get a pay by the government while he is recovering. He pay his taxes, he can expect get a pay while he cannot work(garanteed, I know spain laws pretty well, I know how it works)
-The patrons should not pay him while he is not being productive, there's no harm, really, he will not be evicted or in debts, laws protect this cases, even if sometimes are difficult to get them applied.It is like a job, your employer will not pay you if you are not being productive (logic), and your job will not be replaced when you come back from your illness(or at least it shouldn't), laws also protect your job,if you get fired because you are ill, laws will protect you, even if they try to scam the law, by firing you at the next day you are on your job again.
In his case, he doesnt have this problem. And even if coming back he doesnt get much money as he needs, he can get a pay to not get evicted, etc while he is searching to a part-job or trying to rise up again.
I know, this is basic pure logical and on the world out there, things can get more complicated,but everyone got sick, got fired and rised up again.That's life I think.
What we would do with patients with cancer that cannot work, and they are still out there, living? After they heal, they are working and being productive again.
That's all.
Pd:at first, I will not answer any comments here, so dont expect an answer if you quote me, I know how ill this thread is, I reserve my right to answer the comments I think it is deserved to be answered.