Patreon and Fees (Patreon)

So, Patreon is implementing a new change regarding fees. This change will be effective December 18 (so it won't go into affect for this patreon page until January I BELIEVE).

This means that I get hit by less of fees--however, one change I don't necessarily agree with, is that Patrons will be charged differently for the same pledge.

The fees are now processed at the time of pledging and are ON TOP of the pledge, instead of taken out afterwords. This means a $2 pledge will actually have a cost of $2.40 (20% increase). This scales better at higher pledges, say a $20 instead has a cost of $20.93.

 As is, about 12% on average of pledges I get received gets cut out in fees, though this can fluctuate and has been as high as 17% before (from Patreon + fees). With this change, it'll drop to a fixed 5%. That is actually a substantial change.

But, I don't think it's necessarily fair for Patrons to take up the difference. A change of 40 cents seems trivial, but when phrased as a change of 20% it seems more substantial. I would rather have a lot of supporters even if they're pledging at just small amounts, rather than just a few pledging at large amounts, and the smaller supporters are affected the most by this.

What do you guys think? Are you fine with paying a few cents extra, or do you think this change is unfair?

I have a way to contact Patreon through the community so if you have commentary I can relay it.