But thats not a good point at all. Without those supporters, the game would NEVER be created. Its not a matter of "harming storytelling". Its business. Patrons are DC's stackholders, so he is working focusing on their interests. Its just how business works. IF he had an specific contract, that might have been different. But he doesnt.
Okay, no, no, NO...
I don't care who you're arguing with, this is plain wrong on a number of levels.
1) Donations are not a business transaction
2) Patrons are NOT stakeholders
3) To claim this is "just how business works" is entirely tautological.
4) Stories can be created without donations
For #1, while DC is being paid by a number of people to do this full time, it's entirely ridiculous to think they're business shareholders when they get no money in return.
For #2, there is no reason for people to think that their donations will give a monetary product as most businesses give which perverts what they do for the good of a community if Wall Street is any example.
For #3, that isn't how business works. If you don't know, there's quite a few different ways that business works and we can talk about them, but one example is NOT the entire way of business around the world.
For #4, DC has built on a good story enough that it's a full time job for him. But that doesn't mean he couldn't build on it, rewrite it, whatever. People are paying him to continue a VN but other people are still creating stories without that type of compensation.
There's more here but the assertions are of a frustrating variety which does not understand how business works, Patreon works, or even stories and adult communities for entertainment and I find that to be extremely facepalm worthy...