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Patreon seems like the next best thing that has peoples' cards and their cut is 10%. Credit card fees alone were universally 2.9% + some cents last I checked.
by harlanji 3y ago
Patreon seems like the next best thing that has peoples' cards and their cut is 10%.
Credit card fees alone were universally 2.9% + some cents last I checked.
It's interesting that GitHub takes 0%, but that's clearly subsidized by something and I'd like to know what before I sign up to that ("clearly," because of transaction fees they're paying).
10% is a reasonable cut if they can help maintainers get from $0 to $1 and beyond.
- yoavm 3y agoSo every time I'm sponsoring someone on Github, Microsoft loses some money? That's even better!
- some_furry 3y agoSuddenly I want to support a lot of small projects so they eat more transaction fees.
- spacemanspiff01 3y agoPresumably they don't charge credit cards individually...
- robinhood 3y agoI don't get this comment. I host all my OSS projects on Github so I can have free and unlimited CI. I have access to Github Copilot for free. I use VScode which is arguably a great software all day, every day. All this because Microsoft has a shit ton of money and they can afford funding the OSS community as a whole.
- aragilar 3y agoAnd you don't think there might be a reason for all that (and that reason might correlate with people being happy to get one over them)?
- 38 3y ago> 10% is a reasonable cut if they can help maintainers get from $0 to $1 and beyond. how you can say this with a straight face is beyond me.
- DandyDev 3y agoHN is supposed to be a site where participants each other's opinions. Your response feels disproportionate. As if this person is suggesting giving up your liver is a reasonable price.