Or he could get 5 bucks from four people instead of 20 from one.
I mean, it even make sense to wait a little: collect big tickets from people who are ok with that amount now, and from the most supportive ones, and collect another bunch of money later, with sales or promotions.
It would make sense, and if this method works for the dev, everyone benefits from it.
It could have happened 8.59 years ago