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While I agree with the overall thrust of your argument, I'd say this by itself doesn't have merit.Debatable on this point. The moment he turned this from a hobby-project to a crowd-funded one via patreon, he entered into a business model where he does owe, if not legally then at least morally, a certain measure of professionalism.
If I make a Patreon and for whatever reason some people decide to throw $10 a month at me total, and do so for a few years - I have no moral reason to keep up with a certain level of output.
On the other hand, I do agree that if you're pulling in over a thousand a month, there is an obligation to have a certain level of output. The more money thrown at you and especially when you have free labor offering itself to you for the parts you genuinely struggle with, I'd agree that you do have a moral obligation to do what needs to be done to keep up a certain level of output.
I just don't know where the line is between a Hobbyist getting $10 from a couple of people who like the output and $1000+ from people wanting consistent output.