Patreon is presenting this as solely as an improvement for the sake of the creators (see https://blog.patreon.com/updating-patreons-fee-structure/). If it's a necessity to Patreon alive, they're not presenting it as such. I have yet to find a creator who is not upset about this change. And they seem to be ignorant or uncaring about the uproar it's caused.
This is the end of Patreon if they don't course-correct very quickly.
Again, speaking from experience, of course as the company you would present it as a benefit, and creators might get upset, but trust me they would be more upset if/when the site shuts down.
Creators are currently upset because some of them are starting to see patrons stop supporting them due to this. Oh and also upset because Patreon is presenting this as "putting more patron's money in creator's pockets" when it's clearly not for anything outside of the cherry-picked examples they give.
This is the end of Patreon if they don't course-correct very quickly.