One big difference post-Patreon is that I no longer think "my small regular contribution is just going to get chewed up in transaction fees", since Patreon does

One big difference post-Patreon is that I no longer think "my small regular contribution is just going to get chewed up in transaction fees", since Patreon does just one transaction a month and then divides it up among several people/organizations that I support. But, it would not be my first business model to try, just an alternative to "we built it but now let's just shut it off".