Part of the issue involved surrounding the whole content/censorship/etc controversy is that Patreon hosts content. If they were strictly a pay-creators platfor

Part of the issue involved surrounding the whole content/censorship/etc controversy is that Patreon hosts content. If they were strictly a pay-creators platform that took a percentage, it would be sustainable, they could run more efficiently, not spend money on content policing, etc. If they still wanted to deny certain types of customers on their platform- that is their right, but their decision to also host content adds a level of complexity that when scaled, can become a problem, and probably a pretty costly one. Now, I still don't know for sure that this makes the level of funding make more sense. Going the investing route is going to introduce a lot of expectations and changes in the way the business handles itself that could doom it- that could have been avoidable