If people put the money they send to Patreon into a Hive account and vote with it then it would soon gain value and they would still have their money. The artist might get less per fan initially, but if they were posting daily then they could have a nice income. They could still do sales of music or merchandise to raise more money. I really think that if a few artists with thousands of fans joined up then it could snowball into something massive, but we need those ready to take a chance on it. I do hear some artists say there are still barriers in ease of use, but is it so hard really?
For sure - it is a lack of understanding and an abundance of conditioning that does it. This place is on the precipice of greatness - just needs the right push.