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		rmunn 25 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams You're quite right: that newfangled Patreon nonsense is a flash in the pan that will never catch on. There's no way anyone can be successful getting hundreds of people to pay them $5 (or even $1) per month. Ads are the only way to run the Internet. What? It's 2026, not 2016? And Patreon has been running very successfully for over a decade? Huh. Whaddayaknow?

WarmWash 25 days ago [–]

Patreon is not the issue.

1% of people covering most the costs for the other 99% of people is. Which is what we find when looking at patreon conversions

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