I get that he has 700 patreons but here is the thing, the amount of patreons he has does not matter it is about quality over quantity, for all we know he could have 600 1$ tier peeps and a few handful higher so he is still not making that much money
So we could say he makes at most around 1k or bit above or maybe less still.
the fact he got "17k" ( debatable ) hits means he is wasting more money and time on a DRM and not enough on the actual game, which in turn leads to a lesser quality of a game with barely any to no real improvements.
This is not the fault of him not earning enough money or people pirating his game this is in fact the problem of him focusing on the wrong things but of course with someone like him ego is up his ass so this is in his head completely wrong and untrue as he can in now way be at fault, even if presented with proof from the likes of, Mr dots, Orb,Palmer, Daniel K,Brain Drop and etc who focus on their god damn game and content and have grown because of the fact that their game is getting traction and traffic because of sharing sites like this one.
They seem to fail to understand that it is not possible for everyone to go out of their way and to subscribe 20 - 30 for early instant release from 20 - 30 different creators in a go, nope they fail to see this. I know for a fact there are plenty of people who rotate their subscriptions every few months, again most of these people it is not like they lack the funds if they do a good job, only those insecure and or know for a fact they have a super inferior product (or plan to give out shit that is sub par at best)
would stoop to because other wise they know they wont be able to make it here, so they go look for what they can do to maximize profit by blocking and getting people to subscribe through curiosity to see if they find their trash worth it only to find out they wasted to their money and to unsub again, this is why they want the DRM and this is what they are hoping for, however they fail to realize that sharing websites like these also give and spread the news that they have and are doing shady stuff. Which in turn will end up biting them sooner or later. If what someone else said before here and said that they share similar IP with Kravenar and have the same attitude.... ask yourself this question.... why did they need to rebrand/change name ?
also another thing comes to mind, that the patreon numbers could also be boosted, they have a community sharing the servers and have same ip, what is to say that they don't have a group and are subbed to each other, after all when a creator has an x amount of patreons he/she must be making something good right ?
pure speculation but think about it. plenty of things to be said and not to worry about.