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"the concept of deserving something in itself is entitled and self-righteous"
congratulations.

while some of your points show a resemblance to something I agree with,
broadly, You've presented an array of arguments so insane [and more than slightly misrepresented mine] that I've realized I no longer have the care or patience to continue this engagement.

I think that means you win? like from a debate perspective?
take whatever satisfaction you want from that, I'm gonna go tenderize my loins now.

now if you'll permit me to pick my inflammatory attitude back up off the ground:
You deserve nothing, and I hope you never get to experience any art ever again.

It's one thing to be unable to afford paid art.
it's one thing to simply enjoy the miracle of abundant free art that we get to experience today.
It's another thing entirely to go around believing that you deserve access to high quality art for free.
To get angry and call "foul play" or "scummy tactics" when something you got for free, that you don't need, doesn't live up to your standards.

you are practically begging for a life full of bitter disappointment, and buddy,
I hope you get it.

if you'll permit me to drop my inflammatory attitude, I think this really is the root of the dissagreement.

for me personally, when I see a $0 price tag, my default assumption *is* that I'm getting a demo. getting something *more* substantial than that is special imo.

frankly, I would even go so far as to say that's the way it should be.
I cannot restate enough: making games is hard.
even really easy genres like clickers can still take considerable time and effort to do properly.

let me be clear: I'm not making the argument that this game is objectively worth $5. I'm not even saying that I'm personally satisfied with my purchase.

I have no issue with you being unwilling to pay $5 for the rest of the game.

Candidly, if I had taken my time to actually try the free demo instead of rushing straight to buying it in the heat of the argument, I'd probably be in the same boat.

no, what I took issue with then and what I still take issue with now is the accusation of scummy behavior. The implication that you were owed more than you got.

The idea that you deserved some other version of this game which was better or otherwise more complete, for the same $0 price tag.

This isn't food or water or shelter or some other basic human right.
This is an art project, that someone has put effort into because they cared.

you paid nothing, so you are owed nothing. Just because you were disappointed doesn't mean you were mislead or tricked or otherwise duped.

I should know.
I was fool enough to go so far as buying the game without even trying the free demo.

Actually deranged and entitled take. 

The thing that makes EA scummy is not the fact that you have to pay to get the full game. It's the rampant dishonesty, and the ludicrous over charging.

Comparing that to a game that starts free and has one $5 paywall for access to everything else is insane.
 
Games are not essential. They are art, and they are hard to make.
Even the easiest types of game to make (Like clickers) still take effort. 

Develeopers, indie or otherwise, are NOT obligated to let us play their game for free. 

Not even just a piece of it.

Many Indie devs making small projects do so anyway, often because they wanna share the thing they've made as much as possible.

But the fact is that being alive costs money, So if you wanna put a lot of time into making this stuff, you gotta charge people.

if these devs feel they've put $5/download worth of effort into this, then charging that much is their god given right.

TLDR: I hope all your favourite NSFW artists start posting exclusively on paysites. I hope they take down all their free content.
And I hope they charge just $1 more than the max you're willing to pay.