Dark Mode with money OKEY SIR!

>Pay money for an open source software, to support dev and get effortless updates handled by steam
>In return dev decides to show everyone middle finger and start selling new features as DLC

People who paid for this software now have to choose between having new features or having auto updates (that they paid for).

I would have recommended this in the past, as it was a nice way to get "better" version with automatic updates while supporting the dev.
But as of right now, unless you're also ready to additionally pay for current (and all future) DLC-locked features, you'd just be paying to get inferior version of what is already available for free.

Addressing dev response:

Sure, you can play with semantics, call people mistaken, say their making things up, in the end it won't change the fact, that there is now a feature thing meant to improve user experience, and you chose to lock it behind a paywall more expensive than the base app.

I'm not saying there's some core functionality missing or the software is unusable, at least not yet.

You can say it won't ever be like that, but you also chose to be the "Darkmode DLC" guy, so I don't think your words hold much value, when it comes to promises about predatory monetization.

You are free to choose the monetization model however you like, but I'm not sure why you also seem so upset when people recommend against paying for actual downgrade of what's available for free in other places.

Do I care about dark mode? This program runs in the background 99.99% of the time and just works, so no, not really. Do I care about having an "enable dark mode" option in the context menu only for it to be additional paid content? Yes.

I love this program but the whole thing just feels slimy when it comes to the revenue grab piece. I get it, but I don't like it. I would respect dev efforts to capitalize on all the hard work more if I at least had an opt-out of seeing the context menu option etc... just doesn't feel right for a paid version of something already available free to do this to people who paid to support... lot of goodwill lost.

I think extra cosmetic features are fine as DLC etc., but on a utility like this, just leave it on the steam page, keep advertising for it out of the context menu. You want to show me a pop-up of features I can buy after like a monthly update now and then, sure... but as is, big nope. This seems like a weird hill to die on but here I am.