With Internet Banking, is easy to have a check sent to individual or organization one wants to support on an annual or semi annual basis, which has the same eff

With Internet Banking, is easy to have a check sent to individual or organization one wants to support on an annual or semi annual basis, which has the same effect as $1-5/month. Patreon is useful to discover new content. I imagine it is convenient for the "creator". But, not being on Patreon doesn't prevent a person from gathering support for their cause. It only prevents Patreon from advertising causes, which is Patreon's right.