This game started with netorare (under the incorrect genre of cuckold) announced back in 2018 when it was first released and the subject has arisen frequently every year since. Uberpie likes netorare. He has always wanted netorare in the game.
But I do agree with you that he has tried to appeal to everyone --- he dragged his feet putting what he wanted into the game, netorare, because of a very small, but vocal, minority of netorare-haters. Not all people who do not like netorare --- but a very rabid core who detest it. They convinced him the game would die if he put netorare in it.
What happened the one update he put a netorare path in the game (v0.95.7, "Season 5")? It was the biggest jump in actual subscribers and dollars he'd seen on Patreon. It was the biggest jump in hard count and in percentage. The five arrows point to the last five updates released before Uberpie was kicked off of Patreon. The green arrow was the release of v0.95.7 with the netorare route.
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So, yeah, he shouldn't have fucked around and listened to the small group of rabid netorare-haters. He should have put netorare in throughout the development of the game - just like he originally wanted to do and planned to do from day one.
And I don't give a shit about netorare - for it or against it. I just think there's a bit too much bitching and whining about it from people who are fanatically against it.