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Post #1275265

2026-01-29 09:27 UTC

I wouldn’t say these [services](https://www.patreon.com/pricing) 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. Edit: I want to clarify. Patreon is a for profit company who has apparently tried raising prices already and back tracked. Eventually, Patreon will try and squeeze out more profit from the creators and the user base will be big enough that Patreon will have the leverage to do so; we’ve all seen it before. I’m not saying Patreon is a good company, I’m not saying they won’t be dicks in the future, I’m not saying the system as it is, is good. I’m only saying 10% isn’t a bad deal when so many other options are worse (ex. Apple taking 30%)

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  • @0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-01-29 13:08

    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.

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