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As a creator whose capacity to make videos ebbs and flows over time, and who even at the most productive can't generate a video a month, I’m dependent on Patreon’s per-creation billing option. I can take my time with each project and charge only when it's done.
Patreon just announced they're removing that option permanently next year, forcing everyone to subscription billing.
Not sure what options this leaves me with. No good ones, as far as I can tell.
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I don't want to shut down the Patreon, but I don't want anyone to feel ripped off during fallow periods, or the stress of an unsustainable pace.
Patreon are pinning the blame for these (permanent) changes on (impermanent) App Store policies rather than their own growth agenda. Obvious smokescreen, nobody's forcing them to process payments through the app.
I've been on Patreon since 2018, and I've always been happy with it, but I feel abandoned. This sucks.
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It's worth noting that Patreon have been trying to get people off per-creation billing for years now: you can't switch to it, it's difficult to find the option for new accounts, and they constantly talk up the 'benefits' of switching to subscription billing. Apparently (can't find a source) they even announced its discontinuation a few years ago but reversed course after backlash.
Seems they've finally figured out how to do it: by blaming someone else.
@retrohistories Sorry to hear this, but thanks for the explanation. Patreon's letter was gobbledygook to me.
@retrohistories second that it feels like they're finally using Apple as a scapegoat to ram this through. I send out a monthly set of prints to my subscribers so the first of the month billing is ideal; if your payment goes through, you get a set. Been doing it for 4+ years and have been frustrated at the repeated attempts by Patreon to make me switch. Every update or feature they've rolled out in the past 2 years has been for the subscription model only.
@retrohistories And that's another group of people who'll move to OnlyFans/ManyVids.
@retrohistories what an awful decision by Patreon.
@MichaelKlamerus They've been trying to do this for several years, but it's never stuck. Seems they finally found a way to blame someone else for it.
@retrohistories while not an elegant solution, I suppose you could utilize "billing pauses" in the interim and once you near the completion of a project, actually let it bill
@retrohistories Apple is doing this to everyone; not just you. Unfortunately. Very few apps are alow a 1-time fee anymore.