Big brain dev tactic is to never include the main girl from the thumbnail/banner in any updates and keep adding new one dimensional characters for the mc to fuck and then wonder why people aren't happy.
It's old and pretty obvious way)
You show the big fish in the beginning only to give it in the end.
How was DoD? The first fuckable character you've seen in there was Mrs Turner. And who gave MC a blowjob later than anyone? Her character. Who had sexual intercourse with MC later than anyone? Her character.
Moms/Stepmoms/Landladies are usually the final bosses of these VNs, unless it's 10 years in the making with new characters being added on and on.
I'd say don't blame the player, blame the game.
On the other hand, Midnight Paradise is one big mess, starting with Unity and not living up to the expectations. LewdLab was one of the most trusted/beloved developers when DoD was finished. That all is kinda gone now.
The community at this forums is way more toxic than 5 years ago, but the criticism towards him is justified, in a way.
BaDIK is in development for 5 years(and I will keep using them as an example) through which you got to bang every main LI, plotline thickens etc.
In here - 5 years and it still feels like we're around 40% of the story and got to bang a few side characters and a few LIs.