There'[s a lot of rip-off's on Itch.Io. from only getting updates on Patreon, where you have to pay to become a member - plus the cost of the game. To early access games like this where you have pay for every update!
Hi there. I'm unsure why you're so angry at me. Patreon and itch are two different platforms. Patreon is if you wish to further support a developer. It is completely optional and no one forces anyone to go there, at least for my game. Patreon and Itch get updates at around the same time. Itch is a few days behind while I address any bugs reported, but it gets updated here as well. CH1 was released for free to be more of a demo and the update is just $10. On itch, paying the $10 gives you access to all updates. Only time that changes is if the price changes for the update and if you look at my prices, they're all the same for each update. So paying for Ch2 will automatically give you access to Ch3, and so on. Chapter 3 is the latest update and I am still developing Ch4.
So I buy version X, and unlike any other game genre, to get the latest version I have to pay a monthly fee to get it. That's your choice. You could put the update on Itch, where I have bought the game from at the same time as Patreon's. Everything devs do is their choice. There are games on Steam that have 2 chapters, on Patreon there are 9 chapters, and people on Steam have waited 6 months for these other 7 chapters. Be like most other games, release them at 1.0 (i.e. finished) and then charge more for them. Given VNs are so story based, it is so frustrating getting to an arbitrary end and not know when you are going to be able to continue with the story.
VNs are a tiny market because devs are more interested in Patreon's than customers, who bought their game on Itch or Steam!
Looks like you missed where I said "Itch is a few days behind while I address any bugs reported, but it gets updated here as well" Not weeks. Not months. Just a few days while I address bugs reported.
Relax dude. Don't come in here swinging, complaining about what others are doing when I have nothing to do with them.