There's always going to be piracy here, but it's not entirely a bad thing either. The truth is because of the games being available, the userbase here is much larger, and many users go on to buy games or sub on patreon for the games they like, and would not have found otherwise. These types of games aren't exactly mainstream, there aren't going to be reliable and trustworthy reviewers out there, most of it can't be on youtube either (I wouldn't use youtube for it anyway even if you could find it, too many insecure people would derail it anyway).
I think the best compromise is it being delayed for the release here, as well as having paying players have the greater voice in shaping the game, I think it's absurd when the choosy beggars start complaining the games should be catered to them while openly bragging they'll never pay, but that's just stupid people being openly stupid. That SHOULD be cleaned up a bit when it becomes especially toxic, but some level of criticism should be allowed for nonpaying players too (albeit why brag that you don't pay and be so entitled to expect to be catered to? There's a proper way to discuss).
I've personally subbed and bought games because of finding them here and liking them. We might be the minority but these are niche games in general, and I'm fairly certain overall it increases the revenue for the devs. There's no way I'd have discovered this game specifically or played it either without this site. I haven't subbed yet (only found it a few days ago) but I probably will for this too. I've subbed to several other games in the past (I don't stay subbed forever, but I do make sure to kick the devs a good amount for a game I like).
