They're testing the waters what they can get away with. No company should have the power to tell people what they can and cannot create, support or buy.
The Patch outside ich.io seems to be a good idea, I would be sad if you had to change it. I ,too , was once forced to change one of my artworks because someome threw a massive hissy fit and i regretted it ever since.(It was nothing sexual or gory either, just a simple fihgting sport Pic.)