I'm curious to how many people angry at this development actually support 5e monetarily still?
Angry is a bit strong.
Disappointed maybe.
I used to be angry. Then I was disappointed. Now I simply don't care.
I was angry because like many of the dumb directions pop-culture has taken (which infects a lot of the stuff we share) it was/is *totally unnecessary* aside from the strife it causes in various circles.
Disappointment came when it became totally clear that beyond the marketing mistakes that all this shit was purely ideological, so much so that those caught in the gravitational well of it even ate their own principles dignity out of financial self-interest in the hopes they could turn it around (and this is a best case scenario I don't really believe).
Not caring happened slowly after I realized that the elements of D&D I do use, and prefer (1e, 2e) are very very much in use. I never stopped using them in 3e. I skipped 4e altogether. And I used them in 5e while I had it. But I still use that material in Savage Worlds. None of the material that's come out is really necessary for me in terms of mechanics (since I think the mechanics are not good). They certainly aren't producing more fluff than the previous editions... so it seemed to be a clear line had been crossed. Emotional ties evaporated and I was truly disconnected from the brand that I'd stood with for decades.
Now it's like a comically sadistic sideshow where I watch Pundit and others parade out the latest outrage from that collective sewer. And the only think irksome about it that does have an impact on me is when I get new players that most of the time got into this hobby via D&D and then I'll have to hear them try to explain to me why it's "so cool!" or regale me with their epic renditions of their favorite "Adventure Path" and how they did it the 2nd or 3rd time... and what is my favorite Adventure Path?
I sip my coffee. Eventually I summon my best Mako-voice
"Boy...Before the time when the Sun set upon 3e, and the earth shook and the rise of the monster of 4e, there was an age undreamed of. It is I, the GM who alone can tell thee of this saga. Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!"