I was considering Patreon for some stuff I planned to publish in somewhat distant future, but now this makes me suspicious. On such a platform I'd rather want to have numerous people that give me $1 monthly rather that a bunch that pays some three-figure sum, should I want to live off those pledges. If a $1 pledger decided to not support me anymore, I wouldn't have lost a big part of my income, but if instead someone who paid $100 or $200 decided to stop paying, that'd be a big change. I'd actually prefer to not allow people pay me more than $10 or 20 to not allow that kind of thing happen, and to not allow myself to have the illusion thereof.
As far as I understand, this new scheme will punish the kind of pledger that I said above I'd prefer: who pledges a couple $ or so. If I want to pledge $10 monthly, I'd better give it to a single creator than to 5-10 creators. In this case as a potential creator I'd be happier with a bigger cut from what I receive in expense of free payments on the patron's side.
As far as I understand, this new scheme will punish the kind of pledger that I said above I'd prefer: who pledges a couple $ or so. If I want to pledge $10 monthly, I'd better give it to a single creator than to 5-10 creators. In this case as a potential creator I'd be happier with a bigger cut from what I receive in expense of free payments on the patron's side.