static HTML text, and all of the posts, and images, and audio that they host. not saying that deserves 10% but saying that they do nothing other than payment processing is disingenuous
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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks agoHow is 10% reasonable. They just transfer money from A to B while showing people some static html text about the options. They basically do nothing.
fistac0rpse@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I wouldn’t say these services are nothing. Are they worth 10%? Eh.
A 90/10 split for content creators who otherwise wouldn’t know how to build and operate their own platform doesn’t sound like a terrible deal. It’s not amazing but if there were better options, Patreon may not be so popular.
0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
It’s always getting fleeced with you guys and being fine with slightly less fleecing, when that is just a way to entice and reach a point where they can monopolize the market and fleece like the big dogs.
And then a new company with slightly less fleecing appears, with board members from previous company.
Rinse and repeat.
a_fancy_kiwi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I understand your view and sympathize deeply but there is a lot wrong in the world today and if I have to divert energy somewhere to try and change something, Patreon’s 10/90 split is at the bottom of the list for me at the moment. Regular working class people aren’t getting that good of a deal at the jobs they work at. I’m not even talking 90/10, just getting their .01% of the profits in a 1000 person org for their contribution would probably be life changing.
You are right but our reference points are different.