I had about 900 hours in Elite when Odyssey was launched, and I preordered the deluxe version of the expansion on the 23rd of December.
My money was a vote for 'please keep making elite dangerous content', nothing more. If the expansion was unplayable or buggy on release, there was still Horizons.
Having said that I now have over 4200 hours in Elite, most in Odyssey, so my preorder paid off. (i7-6700k, 1660ti, 32gb ram)
If they launched a kickstarter or fundraiser or whatever to raise $x to give us ship cockpits we could walk around in, I'd contribute even though I don't care about ship cockpits or interiors.
Why? Because I have thousands of games in my steam library, but Elite is the one I want to see developed a long time into the future. I don't care what they're working on in Elite, to be honest, because I look forward to every new thing, even if it may not be my thing.
The more people buying and playing, the more funds they can allocate to develop and add more stuff, and the more every player benefits.