On Patreon new fee structure (Patreon)

Many of you know probably that Patreon changed their fee structure. They did without asking us, creators. The new structure punishes small backers heavily by forcing them to pay an extra $0.35c. 

In larger pledges the difference is minimal, but Patreon has a lot of backers in the $1-3 range who pledge on dozens to hundreds of project, and this punishes them directly.

As a result, we've noticed that (both in our project and pretty much all other projects on Patreon), many users in this range have removed their pledges. This was made with several messages of support and asked us to please set up an alternate platform so they can keep supporting the project. 

For many projects it's easy to just set up a Liberapay account or similar, but in our case, for the sake of transparency, all our funds go to our fiscal sponsor (Software Freedom Conservancy). This makes it more troublesome because, as a charity, they have to evaluate compliance with all the relevant laws in the United States so it may take some weeks.

If you are a small backer, or the new fee model affects you, we will be working hard to set up an alternative as soon as possible. Thanks enormously as always for your support!