Dalli, you're so fucking wrong that it's actually hurting my brain!
We're talking a student loan here, one for 10's of thousands, not even hundreds of thousands.
If Patrick were the recipient of a loan, the bank would not go any further. He has a house, he has a job, the bank would get their money if they needed to.
If Patrick's house is a rental or somehow has 0 equity, and his finances indicate he actually couldn't pay off the loan, then the bank would deny him the loan. If he were to engage someone to be a guarantor in order to get the loan, the bank would once again confirm that this new cunt can pay off the loan. If it was Maya, they'd deny her ass too.
That's how loans work.
If Maya got the loan and Patrick was the guarantor, then that'd be totally legit.
And all this bullshit about Patrick dying? If he died and had creditors chasing his ass, they would rape his estate etc. before his useless offspring get to inherit shit.
That's how shit works.
Giving a developer 5 bucks so you can jerk off to his game isn't the same as buying a car or a house, it's more like buying noodles from a hawker stall, you could get diarrhea, or it could be orgasmic!
Patreon works. People part with money and developers make money. It works. So until it stops working, it's not gonna change much.