That is both funny and interesting. But I suspect it also says more about starving artists' political opinions/financial savvy than what the future looks like. Making it easy for people to send you money seems like it'll be the winning equilibrium long term.

If Patreon doesn't do it, someone will. Probably a porn site somewhere underdeveloped accepting Monero or something. Cutting power away from financial intermediaries just has to be better for other market participants long term and that makes the shape of the future easier to guess at.