Didn't he have a SubscribeStar for this exact reason? Did that get shut down?
Most content creators have subscribestar for exactly that reason, yes. However, like most online platforms or services, you lose a chunk of your audience & supporters, sometimes a very big one, if you go from the mainline choice to anything else. It's unfortunate because patreon will only get worse before it gets better, or has to shut down.
Subscribestar is just generally worse
You're right, but t subscribestar doesn't as often or as aggressively shut accounts down & keep the funds because fk you, govt said. A lot of R18 content creators live in fear of that inevitable day. Basically I don't blame content creators for tapping out even if they'd be failing their audience.
For instance nagoonimation has a bunch of, shall we say 'questionable consent' in his stuff and I recall at least a few that sure as hell won't be compliant with patreon's increased strictness. Will the rules apply retroactively? how explicit must compliance be? eh.... it's fkked and content will start to suffer a lot. RIP.