"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.

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

/s

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...

Liberapay is looking pretty good right now.

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

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

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 ?

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