I can only hope that part of the plunge was the result of people like me departing due to Patreon's warm embrace of coporate censorship. But yeah, probably not much of a factor.
I left in the credit card fees exodus and never came back (unlike most who returned after they rolled back their sudden fee change). There are probably just a handful like me who did not return.
I left because they canned their entire security team.
Tech startups have taking a beating this year due to market forces. 70% is pretty good compared to some other “covid darlings”