There 100% are a subset of users and donors of Dark Cookie who haven't clued on in him being a con artist at that this point who aren't idiots, hence the term "trusting there". I'm betting tons of those accounts from SE Asian don't understand the lore behind the making of this game and drama over the past five years. I want to be very fair to them.
Hence why I'm dismissive to the people on this site defending this nonsense. People are saying "false equivalency" or say Cookie is only stealing a small amount like that matters; not all but some of the best confidence schemes are done over a large scale to ensure maximum profit with minimal risk or penalty (things have changed legally in this regard, but still risk is down and lol tons of legal grey area or outright loopholes if say you're a porn company, casino or a bank)
I am not going to that far; Dark Cookie delivered 75% of a product, people here can play this and complete routes of people characters. I mean they COULD have a year ago, but regradless.
It still is a bad joke Patreon let's Cookie keep up his page and shows they have no ethics: they just buckle to pressure John Q Law (good) and credit card companies (bad) and don't actually care if the users of their site are being taken for a ride if it means they can get their 10% Cut. Especially in a case as cut and dry as this.