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I don't trust Patreon to be consistent!As was informed to us by Bibifoc Patreon knows about Awam as well but they don't care. They only evaluated DOL and asked him to make changes to it.
I don't know the specifics about Jackerman but if he was only collecting funds from Patreon and delivering only on Discord that would be a problem. L&P provides DOL on Patreon every update.
They use their 'community guidelines' as a weapon to go after some creators (but not all) who are operating outside those guidelines.
Patreon may well be looking the other way Right Now... that does not guarantee that this status quo will continue.
There are some sources that say Patreon has been talking about going through an IPO (rumors for an IPO in 2021 did not pan out - perhaps the rumors were false or COVID prompted a delay - I have no inside track so I can't do more than speculate on why or if there was a delay). Any investor who wants to buy Patreon will perform their due diligence and, depending on the investor and the country of origin (the morality guidelines, when compared to the U.S., may be easier or harder to meet), Patreon will either continue to turn a blind eye to AWAM and other creations pushing their guidelines or they will put the offenders on notice.
I just think that mitigating the risk of a major hit to L&P's income stream (which would damage or kill AWAM development for some months to permanently), would be the smart choice.