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> Ask yourself: Would you build your startup by relying on a nonprofit-provided infra like payments, hosting and so on. That is, if you can even find such a non
by t-writescode 4y ago
> Ask yourself: Would you build your startup by relying on a nonprofit-provided infra like payments, hosting and so on. That is, if you can even find such a non-profit service in the first place.
Recall that the majority of people that use Patreon tend to be YouTubers that want real income but are regularly banned from getting it; artists; non-profit / open-source software development teams; single-person dream-projects; influencers / online personalities; etc.
So, "would I build my [community-facilitated, primary source of income] by relying on a [company that is not beholden to the whims of the stock market, so it can choose what's in everyone's best interest and not just the highest stock value]?"
Absolutely.