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It would also go against the basis that Patreon is built upon. Do you know the origins of the name?
In the Roman Republic the urban poor would go around to the wealthy and "beg" for money. This stems from the time when only the Patrician class could hold office, in return for being generous to the rabble they would support you and your ambitions in Roman society. These wealthy romans were known as "Patronus".
This system was informal, not set down in republican law or anything, so essentially the Patricians did not have to give people money and the people receiving, their clients, did not have to support them either. Yet both would lose out if any went against social convention. So it was in the best interest of those involved to support the people that were financially supporting them.
Patreon gets its name from this concept.
The people pledging are Patronus to Eva who is their "client". Eva decides to set her support tiers herself, but the central idea is that any support handed out to her is voluntary and the informal agreement is that while Eva doesn't technically owe any one specific patreon anything, she would surely lose her support if she elected to neglect their interests (for example further delays to the game she is making).
If patreon started to interfere with some sort of official reward system that the creators had to abide by, the concept of its foundation gets lost.
