>The advantage of Patreon-like systems is they let the creators "whale hunt", by taking much larger amounts of money from a small number of more engaged fans I

>The advantage of Patreon-like systems is they let the creators "whale hunt", by taking much larger amounts of money from a small number of more engaged fans I don't know, most people it seems block ads nowadays, and if you ask them how they compensate creators, they bend over backwards talking about how much they love Patreon. So either people are either greedy and lying, or Patreon is actually pretty viable.