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1. Building and running your own site is a lot more work than using Patreon. 2. Now you're at PayPal's tender mercies, which... well, you do you, but I wouldn'

• underlipton 2y ago
  Keep it simple, use templates. In fact, how amazing would it be if someone who was about to embark on yet another decentralized protocol fiasco instead just released a Patreon-like template? There are other payment providers.
  • johnnyanmac 2y ago
    >how amazing would it be if someone who was about to embark on yet another decentralized protocol fiasco instead just released a Patreon-like template they probably exist already (minus payment processing). Network effects take hold as usual, though. Patrons are more willing than average to jump, but I can see hesitation signing up and adding payment for a new/unknown website and honestly all payment providers suck in some unique way. Though most of the fault lies in Visa/Mastercard. That's a monopoly we need to tackle one day.