Patreon Changes (Patreon)

So, Patreon is making some changes and I'm not real sure what to think about this. But I don't think there's much I can do about it.

So before, we Creators paid all the fees associated with our accounts. You pledge at $10, you pay $10.  And we ended up getting about 80% of what was listed on our accounts.  (For me, I was paying about $100/month).

Now it looks like Patrons will be sharing some of that fee, so that Artists get more of the payment (95%), while patrons cover the rest. That means I'd only be paying about $45/month in fees. 

Here's what Patreon said about it:

 A new service fee of 2.9% + $0.35 will be paid by   patrons for each individual pledge starting on December 18th. This   streamlines fees for both creators and patrons to ensure that you pay no   more than 5%. 

I'm not sure how that's going to affect you. It looks like if you sub at the $10 level, you'll end up paying $10.64ish?

I'm honestly not sure how I feel about this. While I'd be getting more money percentage-wise, it's forcing Patrons to pay more. I forsee people dropping the amount they sub at. I'm not sure if that will hurt or help.

They said they'd email Patrons about this change tomorrow. So maybe it has more information for you about it.

Sometimes I think I should have a donator site again, though I'd worry about the security of it.  But for that, the fees would be between myself and Paypal/Google Wallet.