I'm happy that I've followed my own judgement, of believing in the dev's goodwill, and not to a bunch of pricks and spoiled brats that only get stuff for free saying the game was abandoned.
I'm extremely vocal when a dev gives all the red flags of milking, as well I know the unfortunate history on this industry, but all of the dev's actions were showing the opposite, mainly freezing payments. Some people just need to stfu and have a bit of patience, instead of simply just jumping on the hatewagon. One thing is for sure, hate isn't what encourages a dev to work on their project. At least I wouldn't.
In the meantime, while I obviously thank the dev for the update, I hope everything in irl is also better. If you still need time to "fix stuff" just take it mate, the real fans will continue to wait as long it is needed. All I ask is that the quality and content is cool. And quality and content takes time and effort after all.