There will be more on that subsequently (probably item three on this list of Patreon competition sine qua nons).
So you might be wondering, "but that's basically just a 'pay me' button, more or less directly connected to the patrons' credit cards!"
Yes. Precisely. I mean, it doesn't charge them until the end of the month, but yes.
"But what's to keep a creator from just hammering the 'pay me' button?"
Nothing. Nothing at all.