And it takes one little change to stop the Decensor from causing an error when it is missing the rest of the patch. Not cleaning up obsolete files is sloppy coding.
Having someone complain about lack of incest when an Incest patch is available, is on them
Having Errors crop up when people have done what they have always done is on the Dev. (I'm not saying the Person using the Decensor patch is blameless, but it is predictable behavior that is easily accounted for)
If it were in the early developement days, then it might be true. However, removing the contents is a very recently done because Tinkerer just doesn't want any trouble whatsoever. Patreon can easily find out whether the game has hidden contents or not.
For the removed content, coding can not just add it back. So, this is not Dev inability to code, or too lazy to change the code. If it were in the code, Patreon could find out as well.
There are two scenarios that the game will not have any problem at all. Three if you count the old way or Tinkerer wasn't on Patreon.
- Player do not add the old text file, do not have the removed content install. The game will be fine. No text file means the game will not play the content.
- Player install the mod properly by adding back all removed contents and use the text file to turn those content on or off.
- The old way: the game comes complete. Player just need to use the text file to turn the content on or off. Just for the folks who disgust those content.
Edit: if the incest patch is removed, I would check to find out why. Does this mean the player is too lazy to look up the new changes? Should a developer like Tinkerer cover every unforeseeable problem?