I want to give one very last thought on this, because I have probably said too much. In addition to what has been already said, I keep coming back to something a head of marketing once told me: don't treat old customers worse than new customers. You are obviously trying to make money, because that fuels development.
But someone who has never played the game and comes in and drops $5-10 on it now is treated better than someone who bought it, played it, loved it, talked it up to others, perhaps subscribed to your patreon, etc etc; and what we are told amounts to "well you can enjoy all of it in a month, when everyone else can without paying for it". I already paid for "it" and supported you on the patreon, I don't regret either; but it does feel like I am being treated worse.
Again I am not mad, this is a trivial amount of money at play, but I am trying to put words to why you are getting pushback from me and (I presume) others