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I don't follow one-off creators like that, to me the selling point of Patreon was that I could support 20 different creators each with $1-$2/mo, with 4000+ fans in aggregate it supported their lifestyle. And by billing monthly, it meant that the card fees were spread among all the creators so that 50% of the $1 didn't go to the bank/VISA, basically making microtransactions feasible.

They're also killing the once-a-month billing so that use case is also gone. I'm not sure who Patreon is for anymore.




IIRC, Patreon now passes along full transaction costs to every creator, even if behind the scenes they may be consolidating transactions.




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