Patreon has been getting worse over time as people have explored what it is capable of (both on the corporate and user side). At first, it was just a recurring

Patreon has been getting worse over time as people have explored what it is capable of (both on the corporate and user side). At first, it was just a recurring paypal where subscription got you access to a private forum. Then creators started putting development materials and bloopers on it. Then extras and previews. Now a lot of patreons are just turning into paysites. All the content is on patreon, all of it behind tiered paywalls. Its no different than technology we had in abundance in 2004. The difference is that with paysites the owners of the site handled the payment processor. Now those creators have forfeited their autonomy for the (probably worthwhile as web centralization has shown) increased exposure and convenience of being on THE recurring payments site. Now one corporate entity can arbitrarily kill someones business on their own whims while taking a cut of all their fans contributions.