there are still enough hardcore fans who can't let go and are still paying him so who cares
To be honest, the number of long term patrons will be small. Unlike most games, SS has a huge online cloud - even on non porn platforms like facebook, youtube, etc. - and as such DC still seems to gain several thousand patrons a months, while losing an equal number. I'd guess that most people will only pledge for a short time because they played the game for the first time and liked it... sadly patreon doesn't really provide these numbers.
But the viewpoint, that there are 30.000 people desperatly waiting for an update for a very long time, giving DC money, is almost certainly false.
But yeah, that indeed doesn't change the fact, that this topic has become even more useless, either.