I disagree. There are shared services that Patreon provides that would be a pain for creators:

- Payment processing: Patreon consolidates all payments under one gateway account so fees are low for everyone.

- Support: What happens if the payment fails? Creators don't want to deal with that mess every month, it's less time to do useful stuff.

- Abuse handling: Patreon can deal with spam comments and the like.

- Service hosting: They integrate all this stuff in one place that creators don't have to host themselves.

- Consolidated management for Patrons: As a subscriber it's nice to see all the stuff I'm supporting and how much I'm paying for it in one place.