We don't know what each individual dev does in his/her private life
Exactly, i could speculate that he is spending the money on hookers and that's why he isn't devoloping the game, i could say anything, in the end we don't know, so it's a failed argument.
No... there are no cheap GPUs atm.
A 1080ti costs at least 1100$ on Newegg.
And I also have the feeling that some people lost perspective when it comes to developers and their working speed, especially when it comes to the ones doing that while still working full time to support their life.
I can more than understand that the Dev of this game can only release small updates for now with his hardware and the fact that he is only working part time on the game.
If he ever gets a new computer and starts working full time and he still only is able to release small updates (or even gets slower *cough* AWAM *cough*) than that is the moment I would lose hope for the game.
$1100 is 2~ months of subs, well worth it if you really want the project to evolve.
120 renders (not couting animations) in the time he delivered the update was 2 renders per day, enough said there.
One thing i usually don't get, why are the players defending the game for him, and i'am not asking this because of the answers to me, it's in general, what is beneficial for you as a player if you just accept milking? Nothing... everything stays the same, arguably people should talk with their wallets but unfortunately it's not always like that.
I'am done answering here, i got my point across with my first post and don't intend to stretch the topic.