That's why I lost a good chunk of trust in Jim Sterling. For some reason he thought Steam Direct would be better than Greenlight and even defended the low entry fee. To this day I don't know what drugs he took to assume that it would be in any way better when they roll back the almost non existent oversight. It was obvious from the start that it would be a shit show and any hope otherwise was completely misplaced.
I don't think $1000 is too steep of an entry fee. A proper indie developer has spent way more than that on his game before it's even ready to release on Steam. And compared to other businesses it's a pretty low fee to pay. It's the norm for businesses to go into massive debt before they turn a profit. A business isn't a charity.
If you demand respect or gratitude for your volunteer work, you're doing volunteering wrong.
