At one time he asked all existing subscribers for donations to enable him to pay a Romanian programmer to maintain the site. People paid and then he used the money for something else other than employing somebody to maintain the site. Not cool. Ref: https://twitter.com/gingerbeardman/status/161007608301301350...
Yeah he's just making enough money that he doesn't care anymore. He is aware of how many people are confused about the lack of support and has commented about it before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31186755.
