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"You may also lose access to offerings you've purchased and membership subscription benefits if...your payment method fails, we terminate your account, the creator blocks you, the creator stops making offerings...Excerpt from Patreon's Terms of Use
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The clause states: “You may also lose access to offerings you've purchased and membership subscription benefits if...your payment method fails, we terminate your account, the creator blocks you, the creator stops making offerings...”
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