Note - Moved to Comments & Feedback as I think it probably makes more sense here.
As for the issue, ya. Pretty much. I've heard this quite a bit about patreon. I don't think it has happened to me yet but it does really suck that.
As for surely the allies have can push Patreon towards fixing it, I don't think they have that much sway. Patreon is it's own company full of shareholders, executives, Product managers etc who probably already know exactly what work they're doing over the next 6 months to a year. I'm sure it's something they are at least aware of but really people need to direct that feedback to Patreon, not EZA or whoever one supports.