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Patreon will increase the cut it takes from new creators (www.patreon.com)
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[-] LWD@lemm.ee 18 points 4 weeks ago

"Why we’re updating our pricing" mostly says more people are using it than ever, not that they've made enough changes to warrant getting extra money.

And I guess that's technically true. If people are too locked into their platform, then that's a great reason for them to update their pricing: to benefit themselves over creators.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 weeks ago

more people are using it than ever

We're making more money than ever! But what if we could make even morer money than ever!?

[-] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 weeks ago

They took very large sums of money from venture capital firms. As in many millions. Those now require constant and perpetual number-go-up. This won't stop getting worse, let alone get better. There are other services. If you're a creator, use them.

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago

Hey, it's expensive to host nude comics in s3 and pass payment info into stripe.

They need to double head count because the middle managers need fiefdoms.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 4 weeks ago

not that they've made enough changes to warrant getting extra money.

They've added video, which is a pretty substantial expense.

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 7 points 4 weeks ago

They doing soooo much innovating work justify the price. You'll see guys!

/s

[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 3 weeks ago

They haven’t increased prices in 6 years. Inflation over the last 6 years is like what, 30%?

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

I get what you are saying but unless pateron does waaay more than I think they do 10% cut for hosting a web page to take subscription money seems unreasonable. Which is where all the hate for it comes from.

[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 points 3 weeks ago

Someone else should do it for 9% then. Easy, right?

[-] rumba@piefed.zip 6 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah, have at it, the barrier to entry on taking some payments and distributing it to people is so high that no one else can possibly get in that market...

[-] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 5 points 4 weeks ago

Liberapay is looking pretty good right now.

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 4 points 4 weeks ago

What do they even do besides providing a website and payment system?

[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 4 weeks ago

“What do they even do besides provide the entire platform for the creators?”

Come on man lol. If they were not needed they wouldn’t exist.

[-] Hozerkiller@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

They might not remember the days befoee sites like patron

[-] MITM0@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ok so what are the alternatives & how we can make a better one if there are no good ones ?

[-] vane@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Our prices are increasing for creators who publish a new Patreon page after August 4, 2025

Basically this. So translating from corporate to human they see their business model is stagnating ?

[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au -2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

How did you get that? They’re just consolidating their pricing tiers. There was an $8 one and a $12 one, now there is only $10. Smack bang in the middle.

They say they haven’t increased their prices in 6 years. That doesn’t mean their prices have stayed the same, oh no - that means that their prices have decreased over that time due to not keeping up with the massive inflation since then.

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's not $10. It's 10%.

We’re consolidating our pricing to a standard 10% platform plan + applicable taxes

In May 2019, we introduced new creator plans and fees: Pro at 8%, and Premium at 12%

Percentage is inflation proof. They did not decrease anything over time.

[-] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

10%, $10, doesn’t matter.

Percentage isn’t inflation proof. Them taking a percentage only means it increases with inflation if the thing they’re taking a percentage of does too.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Seriously, hasn't any of these companies looked around for the past decades?

Whenever I read a report like this, said company will be dead or sold off for parts within a few years because all the customers walked away.

You're facilitating a basic service, a basic service people can easily do without. Don't get cocky, be happy with what you got, be grateful, be sure your customers know you're grateful.

Get greedy gets death

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