As a current patreon, all you non-patreon users bitching about DRM, shush. Exzap has chosen this method to protect his work, and you have NO say whatsoever in that decision. You're not supporting development anyway, so why should he listen to you?
However, as I AM a patreon, I'd like to say this. I do not like DRM, and I think this is the wrong direction to take to protect CEMU, especially as we're only talking about 1 week here. Personally, what I would prefer as a patreon benefit is actual interaction with the devs at a level non-patreons don't get. Currently, we get virtually zero extra info on the patreon site, no advance notices, no chance to chat with the devs and get an idea of their roadmap, or maybe even an opportunity to influence feature progression.
So I ask, as a supporter of the project, drop the DRM please. By all means keep the 1 week thing, but accept that leaks will happen and that honest people won't use them. Instead, repay your patreons by talking to us and listening to us, possibly with an official forum that only active patreons can access.
Oh, and despite what JanetMerai said, we really don't need to know what you're doing with the money; that's not why we're giving it to you.
I am a Creator, not a Patron, so I have that way over you and actually know what I am explaining.
Regardless if I am a Patron or not, he listens to everyone so that should be a large clue.
Just because he has gone to Patreon doesn't mean he left the community behind, it shows how willing he is to ignore it even more.
The fact you have no say in his decisions says a lot about how he makes decisions, similar to Nintendo.
He should listen to someone who has been there, far longer than he has.
Take a look at Naughty Shinobi on Patreon, they used to be a... well, certain kind of adult project, turned a complete 180 turn and lied to all of their Patrons, took their money, developed a demo and took it to Steam and publishers and gave their Patrons the finger.
It took a team of 4Chan users to find some hidden crap they were doing and exposed them, only 5 months later did the creators of Naughty Shinobi announce what 4Chan users discovered to be true.
This is the future of Patreon creators I am worried about.
Dishonest, purposeful lack of information, abusive toward Patrons and controlling things their way when it should be about everyone.
This is quite amusing though, you actually agreed to everything I just said.
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I personally think it is disgusting if development time is spent on drm, we are currently supporting you @Exzap with over $1500 dollars a month we aren't paying you to necessarily get the next version early but to support wii u emulation to progress - don't be blinded by $$$$ by a few hundred pirates that will be impossible to stop without deneuvo ultimately.
Did you even bother to read my first post?
I can wait a week, that doesn't bother me at all.
My concern is his approach to this entire thing on Patreon as a content creator myself.
Pirates will be pirates, that cannot be changed... but Exzap became a creator on Patreon and has responsibilities to take care of.