it seems, not just him but a lot of game devs are doing just that, it's always something that gets in the way of updates
I feel like you are talking about the game updates and not the Dev-logs...
Well, I don't know about the other devs, but Ocean certainly doesn't milk his patrons. He explains almost everything (His PC Setup, Daz, GPU and Music Licensing problems, etc) in his Dev-logs.
but we are excepted to not have our support for them stop because they say our support is what drives the game forward but we get nothing in return
I don't think anyone's forcing you to support them. It's not like a Devil's contract that has you bound for a lifetime
In Ocean's case, While support is a major concern, He is driven by his passion.
He has paid a shit-ton of money just on music, electricity bills (His Computers work 24/7) and taxes, which simply exhausts all the support he receives, leaving him with no money to buy a new GPU.
and yes i have seen game devs bring out update every 2 weeks to an month and the game are great so i wount take excuses
I think I have an idea of who you are talking about (
NLT Media?)
Either way, The renders and cinematics of this quality take time. Ocean has improved a lot in producing wrt last update.