I have re-enabled all my Patreon donations in light of the new development.
Though.. if they do some funny stuff still, they won't get far and I can only hope that it will be obvious so I can get to react to overt or covert changes in the future.
If Pateron were really scum, I imagine that they could force a one year subscription pool of money, with 12 months of advance payment without notifications, but I don't think they could even consider that. :|
Alternatively, if not requiring a yearly advance fee for donations, a yearly advance fee for payment costs or something, but again, I can't imagine they would get away with that without the consent of every individual donating money.
I guess I should watch out for Paypal to come up with funny stuff next. I don't even know what fees Paypal has for paying for stuff on eBay nowadays, so I chose the credit card option and fill in the details without storing the data, every time I buy stuff.
Eidt: I am reminded of this "psychological" idea of false goals, in which, when first presented with something terrible, the next, less terrible thing, will by merit of the way things are presented will likely seem relatively less inappropriate.. as if that second option will seem more ok, when first having been presented with a terrible first choice.