A lot of these people (here, and in the discord), don't seem to get what patreon is. Patreon is not used to buy things. You're freely giving your money to somebody to create. The creator shares on their platform how it is going, and typically has some exclusive content... But here is the kicker, you're not buying the content in a sense. That is more Steam and Itch. You are giving him money to create, that's it. All there is, is a promise from BD that for giving him money, he'll share his content with you, when it's ready. Patreon and Subscribestar are platforms that allow you to fund the creator to do their thing, Itch and Steam are meant to sell their content that has been released.
If you're unhappy with how fast he is releasing content, it is up to the people giving money, to voice concerns, or turn off the tap. Him pausing and starting is a bad look, ultimately at this stage of the game, he needs to figure out if he wants to make a go of this honestly, and either leave it unpaused, or shut it down.
Now with all that being said, I hope he starts the rest of his days stepping on lego.