Patreon’s new service fee spurs concern that creators will lose patrons (opens in new tab)

What goes on? Is this a way to "Monetise" Patreon - hardly, but devil's advocacy tells me there must be a driving force behind this - and it is not the bafflegab Patreon gave out, some sort of internal costs must be eating at Pateron's innards - wages for staff?. Obviously this will chill people who donate many small amounts - as someone said $1 given to 100 people each has fees of $38 ($100 given plus fees of $38 = $138). I now see this huge fee increase and none of that goes to the creator. They call this 'The Law of Unintended Consequences' - I predict that many people (like me) will bypass patreon, and others will get pissed and drop out.

Smarten up Patreon.