Lightnovel71 I don't think you know what "held for ransom" actually means. No one is actively or physically putting a gun to your head, threatening you or your loved one to pay up for the chapters. True, what MyLittleBrother is doing is unethical, abusive, and exploitative. You have every right to be angry at his antics. But you're not going to die just because you don't get to read Chapter 302. And he's not holding them at ransom, he's bloody slacking off and disappeared somewhere without bothering to update his story or inform his readers what happened or where he went. That's not ransom, that's him being irresponsible. More than likely, he just hasn't written Chapter 302 and beyond at all. Writer's block? Real life? I don't know. I honestly don't care.
And I don't know if you meant to say Privilege system or Patreon system. Because Patreon system doesn't reset you to the starting point. Unlike Webnovel's Privilege system, Patreon automatically deducts money from your Paypal or bank account every month, and you are forever subscribed until you cancel it. Webnovel is different because it automatically cancels your subscription and you have to renew it every month.
If you are complaining about the Privilege system, then once again you completely misunderstand what the Privilege system is if you are complaining about having to "pay for them again." Well, no, you are not paying for new chapters. You are paying to read 50 (or 10) chapters ahead of everyone else. I don't know what MyLittleBrother is doing, but this is less the fault of the Privilege system and every bit his fault for abusing the system, especially if he is charging people to read blank chapters. You can report him (go to Discord and talk to CKTalon or one of the admins or moderators). Obviously you don't demand for the government to scrap the police just because a few police officers are corrupt. You report the corrupted police officers. This isn't to say the Privilege system is perfect - there are a lot of complaints about it, and I understand why people hate it.
However, a lot of complaints illustrate that the consumers had no idea what the privilege system is before they paid for it. Like you - if you think for some reason you are paying for chapters you already read, then you have misunderstood the system. You are paying to stay 10 chapters ahead of everyone else. If MyLittleBrother hasn't updated at all, that is his fault. The onus lies on him to update. The Privilege system doesn't do anything, it's just a tool for writers to make money, and in this case it's perfectly clear that he has been abusing it, especially if he has been charging people for 50 privilege chapters while posting 15 blank ones. He's cheating you guys by charging you for a product that he failed to deliver.
If you paid for 10 Privilege Chapters, it just means you get to read until Chapter 270. That's all. Until MyLittleBrother decides to update his story (and he might never, considering that his last update was October 5th, almost 2 months ago), all Privilege does is ensure you are at Chapter 270 while non-privilege readers are at Chapter 260. The moment he updates, non-privilege readers get Chapter 261 while you get Chapter 271. That's all privilege gets you. It does not unlock you Chapters 300 to 315. Privilege does not buy you Chapter 302, especially since MyLittleBrother obviously has not even bothered to write it yet.
Again, removing Privilege is not a fair solution, and you just punish all writers as opposed to MyLittleBrother, who is the main culprit here - see my police officer example above. What about the writers who deliver? Those who make sure their readers get all 50 Privilege chapters? Should they be punished too because of one MyLittleBrother? Punish those who exploit the system, not every single writer.
Of course, if you have a better alternative that can replace Privilege and allow authors to earn a bit extra and receive more support, then feel free to offer it, but until you can do that, you can't just remove Privilege.