I'm probably the only person who really cares about this, but I gotta get this off my chest.
I understand staggering out releases between public and Patreon posts. I don't exactly agree with it, but I can understand the reasoning.
HOWEVER, I am starting to take massive issue with some artist pushing their stuff back several months or, in the case of one particular artist that was the catalyst of this post, even a year or more. At that point it's no better than just locking it all behind the paywall.