I would not go on about how it affected the dev, rather how it affected the story.As I remember it, on Patreon, Summer's Gone had over 1,000 supporters, and Where It All Began many hundreds, all contributing fixed sums monthly on a regular basis. (For a Summer's Gone tier I subscribed $6.67, monthly, converting Euros to American dollars.) That's a big hit as far as regular income is concerned, especially in Germany, where living costs are a bit above the EU average. Shame on Patreon for treating a creator with as great a talent as Ocean so spitefully and poorly, not even bothering to explain their objections or giving the artist affected a right of reply or chance of reinstatement.
I haven't even touched the WIAB. But I really loved the story and tone of the SG. I heard Patreon fucked the story so many times that it's not the same. I hope (s)he can restablish the same story as (s)he initially planned because of obvious reason.
Also I'm not going to take the dev's side on German living expenses as (s)he never really worked more than single digit hours a week.