To be fair, they didnt say anything about Patreon. And the other saying to calm down without saying its from Patreon would have confused some already, which is why "corrected" their wording because they didnt specify it was on Patreon.
Plus OP's comment was about updates on Itch.io, not about Patreon.
Furthermore, the devs literally post updates of their progress on itch.io, so the fact no updates since then from the devs made many belive its dead.