It's really down to what the individual chooses to believe on whether or not he had this dark sinister plan to scam patreons. All the people who said he was deliberately milking now cant really say that because he paused all billing until the update. But at the same time, there is also the argument he might "forget" to pause billing, and then peoples lazyness to try and get a refund would mean he'd still get money. Like i say most of the points can be argued both ways.
I don't really know where i sit anymore, i pledged a decent amount of money on the game overall, and now it does feel like there may be a chance that the chapter will never see the light of day, which really sucks. I understand that the game doesnt really lend itself to individual scenes, but saying that there is a gallery option, which usually has the final scenes of the individual mini stories. Could he not release some of them? Like maybe some of the fan voted ones. It would surely appease some the more angry people around. I know it's basically drip feeding, but still i think it would keep people more sympathetic to his plight. But at the end of the day, it's his game, his life, his health, he can do whatever the fuck he wants, and sadly we just have to accept that.