Patreon Changes (Patreon)

Hello everyone

If you don't know yet. On November 1st Patreon discontinues "old" subscription models for creators. "Per creation billing" model and the "first-of-the-month billing" model. Now all creators will be forced to use the new model called "subscription billing."

Why is it happening? In short, Apple forces Patreon to remove old subscription models to keep the Patreon app in the AppStore. You can read more about it here:
https://www.patreon.com/PatreonforCreators/posts/apple-has-its-on-148395613

On top of this, users who are subscribed to creators through this app will have to pay a 30% fee to Apple. So if you're on iOS and using the Patreon app, it's better if you use the Safari browser or PC browsers instead to subscribe to your favorite creators.

Personally, I think it would be an understatement to say that it is a tragedy that the platform failed to protect the rights of its users and creators by giving in to a larger corporation without a fight. It's especially frustrating to see the creators who used the "per creation" model almost from the beginning of the Patreon laying its foundation get treated like this.

My dear wife and artist who helped me and is still helping me along is one of these people. She started her page in late 2014/early 2015 and has been making content since then. Now she is forced to use a subscription model that is not ideal for her, to say the least. She contacted support to get help with this transition at the start of October and (leaving the details out with long answers from the support) got it scheduled for 26th October. But then, right before the change, they suspended her page for a picture that allegedly had nudity (it had not) that was there on her page for 3 years. Not warned, not helped to change it, but the whole page was suspended. I'd post this image here, but then I'd probably get suspended too now for an image with a decollete that's not even 16+ content? As I'm writing this, her page is still suspended, and it's already the 26th of October:
https://www.patreon.com/axsens

It's unfathomable to me how a platform can do this to its own creators.

As for my page.
For old patrons who are already subscribed, nothing changes. For new patrons, this change means that the subscription will be billed on the same day of every month. Example: If you subscribe on 5th November, the next time you will be billed is 5th December and so on. Since the only content I release that will be affected are the wallpapers, it won't change much. I'd even prefer to stop to make monthly wallpapers to avoid being distracted by them every month and focus more on work. But I have nothing to offer in exchange and fill the gaps for the Patreon page between updates.

While it's a technical post, I'll still give you an idea of where I am in the development of the next update, without spoiling much. Currently, I just finished the last of the animations for the first out of two routes for the date with the girl for this update. Then I'll do second route animations and finish these final scenes so I can get started coding, polishing, and testing.

That's all from me for now. Thank you for reading and your support.

Your DD