Stupidkiller
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Yes, and kickstarter was also "just a donations platform with benefits", and look where that got them when people started running with their money. There's precedence of legally owing the product to your supporters because, well, they paid money with the explicit intent of getting something out of it.You're looking at patreon as a product service while it's not. It can be, but mainly it's a 'donations with privileges' platform, regardless of creators using it to actually sell stuff. You donate and in return, as a thank you depending on the size of your donation, you get a bonus from the creator. In this case, you get a peak and the ability to test new builds as they come along.
You and I both know that 99% of patreons don't use patreon as a donation platform, but rather as a subscription model to get access to very specific content. To my eyes that's literally the same as selling a product, and claiming otherwise is just trying to avoid responsibilities IMO.