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I fuckin' love that Patreon earns me more from drawing my comics than ads ever did. My stuff's all ad-free now. Which, yeah, it sure is nice to be able to have

I fuckin' love that Patreon earns me more from drawing my comics than ads ever did. My stuff's all ad-free now. Which, yeah, it sure is nice to be able to have media that broke queer femmes can see themselves in as long as they have some kind of Internet connection. And other broke people who may not be seeing themselves in my protagonists but enjoy other aspects of my work.

Applejinx 9y ago
Yeah, I was selling software as retail off my own storefront: I never tried to make it ad-supported, I hate that. Patreon seems like it's a cut above trying to be ad-supported or Youtube-supported. That doesn't make it comparable to operating on a true retail basis selling merchandise… but it's definitely better than 'everything being free' and trying to roll your own support system. I get people mad at Patreon wanting to send me money by PayPal. The thing is, if you do that, where are you going to be next month? I already know what total chaos of income and not being able to set expectations is like. It's called 'selling at retail and trying to get a next hit product'.