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SubscribeStar tried to do that exact thing, and they succeeded for a little while. Then PayPal decided to freeze their account. My guess is because many people

SubscribeStar tried to do that exact thing, and they succeeded for a little while. Then PayPal decided to freeze their account. My guess is because many people started to contact PayPal and said that SubscribeStar wasn't censoring people with wrong-think like Patreon just started to do.

StudentStuff 8y ago
Sounds like they should have hooked up with a real payment provider. If InfoWars can get one for their store (through First Data even, much cheaper than PayPal), no reason SubscribeStar couldn't.
- blhack 8y ago
  I'm surprised infowars hasnt created their own patreon clone.
  - sinxoveretothex 8y ago
    I don't see an issue with InfoWars having a platform or even to be on the same platform as me but I'd have serious reservations about having them as the platform manager, mainly because I'm not trusting them to have sane opinions (it's not like InfoWars strike me as vanguards of free speech in principle).
    - StudentStuff 8y ago
      Lol, apparently the water turned frogs like me gay? I wouldn't trust InfoWars with my supporter's cash, Patreon, Kickstarter & ilk are in a position that demands a high level of trust, seeing as they deal with large quantities of money and the relationships that surround them.
  - EGreg 8y ago
    Wasn’t Jordan Peterson gonna launch one before Christmas? https://amp.businessinsider.com/jordan-peterson-says-hell-launch-patreon-alternative-before-christmas-2018-12 https://amp.businessinsider.com/jordan-peterson-says-hell-la...
    - syshum 8y ago
      I do not remember him ever putting a date on it, business insider has a habit for publishing less than credible info All I have seen is "coming soon" or "we are working on something" with no exact time table or dates
  - StudentStuff 8y ago
    Too disorganized, its an organization made up of contractors that come and go at a whim, similar to other businesses in Austin (like Apple, where nearly everyone is an easily firable contractor :P).
StreamBright 8y ago
The tricky part of any Patreon like service is the payment. I guess somebody has to create one with Alipay and many other alternative payment providers to Paypal to have a truly free service. I would even consider some sort of crypto currency use here (this would be an excellent use case).

StudentStuff 8y ago

Sounds like they should have hooked up with a real payment provider. If InfoWars can get one for their store (through First Data even, much cheaper than PayPal), no reason SubscribeStar couldn't.

blhack 8y ago
I'm surprised infowars hasnt created their own patreon clone.
- sinxoveretothex 8y ago
  I don't see an issue with InfoWars having a platform or even to be on the same platform as me but I'd have serious reservations about having them as the platform manager, mainly because I'm not trusting them to have sane opinions (it's not like InfoWars strike me as vanguards of free speech in principle).
  - StudentStuff 8y ago
    Lol, apparently the water turned frogs like me gay? I wouldn't trust InfoWars with my supporter's cash, Patreon, Kickstarter & ilk are in a position that demands a high level of trust, seeing as they deal with large quantities of money and the relationships that surround them.
- EGreg 8y ago
  Wasn’t Jordan Peterson gonna launch one before Christmas? https://amp.businessinsider.com/jordan-peterson-says-hell-launch-patreon-alternative-before-christmas-2018-12 https://amp.businessinsider.com/jordan-peterson-says-hell-la...
  - syshum 8y ago
    I do not remember him ever putting a date on it, business insider has a habit for publishing less than credible info All I have seen is "coming soon" or "we are working on something" with no exact time table or dates
- StudentStuff 8y ago
  Too disorganized, its an organization made up of contractors that come and go at a whim, similar to other businesses in Austin (like Apple, where nearly everyone is an easily firable contractor :P).

StreamBright 8y ago

The tricky part of any Patreon like service is the payment. I guess somebody has to create one with Alipay and many other alternative payment providers to Paypal to have a truly free service. I would even consider some sort of crypto currency use here (this would be an excellent use case).