@stroughtonsmith do you actually want an answer to that question that includes all the infrastructure and management most of the the app publishers offer or is it just a "look how low Patreon can go for offering you a CMS and a frontpage” kinda question?

Because right now you're comparing apples (no pun intended) and pears and even if that was a good thing you should add in the other fruit mixes that are google, Epic, Steam and any other content publisher which all charge more than Patreon while offering more than a landing page and a blog for you to post limited content.