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I’ve backed people on patreon and never accessed the rewards. I’ve bought humble bundles that I never played the games or read the books. I have, on occasion, b
by dkersten 6y ago
I’ve backed people on patreon and never accessed the rewards. I’ve bought humble bundles that I never played the games or read the books. I have, on occasion, bought apps just because I liked the idea and wanted to support the developers. I sponsor people on GitHub whose projects I like but don’t actually use.
Not everyone is aiming to pay $0 for everything. Some of us like to support things we like our values even if we never actually use them ourselves.
- cercatrova 6y agoSure. You're not like most consumers however, and a business cannot rely on consumers like you in order to stay alive. Services like Patreon are also different in that the product is not the rewards, those are just the bonus, the product itself is giving support to the creator. Imagine if you'd buy a service like Patreon that just takes your money and gives nothing to the creator, I'd assume not, so you can see how the product is creator support.