Originally Posted by AmeliaG

Patreon is capricious and inconsistent in enforcement.

I have no idea why billers like CCBill and Epoch don't address the unfairness of Patreon getting better rates while processing for sex work.

In my experience, unlike other crowdfunding platforms, Patreon also gives you none of their traffic.

So the value proposition is easy posting and lower processing costs than 3rd party billers but higher rates than own merchant account. And constant risk of having your content and subscriber base deleted and no additional traffic.