Content creators have been burned by YouTube more than once or twice. I subscribed to several premium YouTube channels, then YouTube discontinued paid service a

Content creators have been burned by YouTube more than once or twice. I subscribed to several premium YouTube channels, then YouTube discontinued paid service and caused me to lose access to my paid content, then it introduced new paid service much later. Patreon's appeal is being independent of YouTube's whims. Of course, now content creators are subject to Patreon's whims. Companies really should strive on being focused on stability for users. My own product is modeled more on Salesforce API that has multiple versions available concurrently. Users will not lose features even if they are no longer profitable to support.