Producers sometimes like to include personal references.

I'd rather have that than micro transactions or unfinished games with half of what was promised or less.

It's not ideal, but compare that to the toxic nature of most bigger studios... might be the lesser of two evils. And I strongly suspect that the donor insertion isn't going to compromise the vision or quality of the game.

It's definitely a bit weird, but probably better than the shenanigans of AAA studios.

I mean it's portraits and statues, and you work with the artist and devs for all that stuff, seems like work they would be doing anyways and now it gives community engagement