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I mean, if you want the billion dollars valuation, you should presumably be bold enough to solve an actual problem, not to mention one that is so profoundly uni
by revelation 9y ago
I mean, if you want the billion dollars valuation, you should presumably be bold enough to solve an actual problem, not to mention one that is so profoundly uninteresting to the customer.
Not to mention one that every app store in existence seems to solve that offer plenty of prepaid options.
- egypturnash 9y agoThe problem of "making patrons pay up front" is one that is profoundly interesting to a certain vocal segment of Patreon's customers: creators who are using Patreon to create a paywall for their work. As a creator who's been supporting herself via Patreon for a while, I'd like to give Patreon the benefit of the doubt and assume that they do not, in fact have any hidden motives involving "making lots more money" and/or "running afoul of financial regulations". It's worth noting that "paywall-as-a-service" is not the problem Patreon ever set out to solve; they've always been about figuring out how to aggregate micropayments to support creators who are giving stuff away for free. Sadly, the fact that this change completely breaks the original micropayments-aggregation model makes this hard to do. And their continued insistence that this change is all about "giving creators more money" makes me trust them less and less.
- revelation 9y agoI think we are in agreement. Patreons want the micropayments-aggregation. They are profoundly uninterested in whatever legal quagmire that puts Patreon in, and it is my opinion that this is presumably something a $1B company should work at solving.