Yeah, I've noticed that on Patreon and DA how it's sorta like "PAY OR GET NOTHING".
Not to bash the artist of course because yeah, she's great at what she does. But tbh, these are a lot of the main reasons why higher up artists end up becoming jokes to me. They start placing themselves too high, and next thing you know you aren't a reader/follower anymore - just another number or dollar thrown into the pot. I get that it can be harder to keep in touch with so many followers when you get bigger as a creator, especially because as you progress, you often get much busier. But that's not an excuse to completely ignore the people that helped get you there in the first place IMO but that's just me.
She's still a great artist, but that's all I like about her and people like her - the stuff she creates. As a person, I don't know her personally enough to hold any value in knowing her, so unfortunately to me, she's just another one of the many artists who have forgotten their roots and have decided that people are numbers and paychecks. I would support her to see more great art, but not because I like her necessarily, and that stands for quite a few trending artists I've seen throughout the years. Thing is, often times they're only as memorable as they make themselves out to be - if Sakimi Chan disappeared off the planet, only a few people would actually notice in the long run, and others would just notice that their PayPal/credit card has stopped being charged.
man this pretty much just turned into a "let's bash sakimi chan" thread oops lol