Eugen Rochko

Facebook wants up to 30% of fan subscriptions vs Patreon’s 5%

https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/26/facebook-vs-patreon/

Fuck Facebook. Do not use this

Facebook wants up to 30% of fan subscriptions vs Patreon’s 5%

Facebook will drive a hard bargain with influencers and artists judging by the terms of service for the social network’s Patreon-like Fan Subscriptions feature that lets people pay a monthly fee for access to a creator’s exclusive content. The policy document attained by TechCrunch show…

TechCrunch
Feb 28, 2019 at 11:53amWeb
Show threadMintaFeb 28, 2019
@Gargron Let's also not forget that they will get FULL RIGHTS to anything you post on their stupid Patreon rip-off.
Show threadAral BalkanFeb 28, 2019
@Gargron Do not use it even if they were to take 0%.
Show threadEugen RochkoFeb 28, 2019
@aral The last paragraph is my comment and the first is the headline of the linked article. I do not say "Fuck Facebook" because of how much they take, although it is a ripoff. They also take perpetual IP rights over anything you upload there. Fuck Facebook
Show threadSheogorathFeb 28, 2019

@Gargron

The fun thing is, due to taxes you have to maintain almost everything yourself anyway. So it would be easier to strip out Facebook as well as Patreon and people could go for a payment processor like Stripe directly. Sure, one would get rid of all the social part, but having an account system + make some content only available there, is not rocket science and something wordpress and other CMS do out of the box.

But sure, it's worth 5% of all your income.

@aral

Show threadpartridgeFeb 28, 2019
@sheogorath @aral @Gargron check out Fosspay https://github.com/ddevault/fosspay

It does some of what you mention
ddevault/fosspay

Donation collection for FOSS groups and individuals - ddevault/fosspay

Show threadMr. TeatimeMar 1, 2019
@sheogorath @Gargron @aral
The advantage I do see for Patreon is that paying someone on the other end of the world 1$ a month is expensive in terms of banking fees, and by aggregating that, Patreon can save you money.
Also, it gives creators a way to set stuff up with little effort on their own, and user-friendlyness is a bonus, too.
... but then, any single platform should never dominate (but that also goes for Paypal)
Show threadAral BalkanFeb 28, 2019
@Gargron That said, Patreon itself is screwed as it has to pay the VC piper.
Show thread NiklasFeb 28, 2019
@Gargron I agree that Facebook sucks much more than Patreon but I dislike both of them.Liberapay is great and they take 0%.
Show threadDavid PeachFeb 28, 2019
@Gargron Facebook is literally scum of the earth.
Show threadPedes or 3 Eevees in a coatFeb 28, 2019
@Gargron The perecentage is NOT the worst thing about it either.
Anyone looking for patreon alternatives: I know of Ko-Fi Gold (regulat ko-fi is for tips like https://ko-fi.com/A1789TG and gold gives option of perks for one-time or regular supporters ) and I think gumroad is/might be doing sth similar too.
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