As someone who has used this type of "service" before to try games myself before buying them after being burned by a lot of supposed "triple a devs" (I got into Shadowrun Returns as a total novice to the PnP game for example and have bought all 3 games since) I agree it's not an all or nothing scenario. But I've also played games and enjoyed them and not shelled out for them, or I've downloaded games I owned on another system and justified it that way.well that's an awfully sad way to look at things. you do know a large amount of people find games on here then go patreon the ones that they like right? the catch here you don't get our patreon money unless we actually like your stuff. but once we do... well gloves are off then. doesn't mean you endorse those of us that are completely total leeching freeloaders. XD
go take a look at the Love and Submission thread and tell me if dev engagement is hurting or harming his game.
And it's great it's working for that dev but it's still anecdotal evidence. Unless someone can post some real statistics on how much it hurts or helps the porn game industry I don't think it's unreasonable for someone to not agree with this site's premise as a developer or otherwise. So I don't feel Proxxie or any other devs owe anyone here a shred of respect, myself included even if I am subscribed to Proteus (found the game through TFgamessite anyhow). Not to mention the fact that this game and a fair number others post public versions 1 version behind, all anyone has to do is wait (except maybe some of the games that exclude some minor or major portions of the game in the free version, but that's still their choice and it's a free demo)
Anyways, not excusing my behavior or condemning anyone else's but I don't think it's unreasonable for a content creator to not like the premise of this site.