Announcement: Patreon switches billing method for all creators starting in November (Patreon)

Hey everyone,

you might have already received messages about this, but I wanted to post a reminder, since Patreon will not stop sending me emails about this:

Due to (what they claim) Apple forcing them to switch billing methods, starting November all new supporters will be charged with the subscription method. They have been eager to try and force this down everyone's throats for a while now and after failing initially and receiving a lot of backlash, it seems they now found a way by using the excuse of 'Apple is forcing our hand'.

So what does this mean? Well, to quote their email:

Once you switch to subscription billing, your existing members will continue to be billed on the first of each month. Only new members that join after you switch to subscription billing will be billed monthly on the day they sign up.

So, if you stopped supporting me and want to resub, you will be charged on the day you subscribe and then every 30 day. This goes for every creator you support. So for example, if you start supporting three different creators on the 10th, 16th and 25th of a given month, then instead of being charged once at the first of each month, you will get charged three times, on each date that you subscribed.

The first time they implemented this, they saw a huge number of cancellations, because people started to get charged multiple times per month and couldn't afford it anymore. I reckon this time around, it is gonna be similar.

So please keep an eye on your finances when November rolls around. I will keep the current method for as long as I can, since the switch should be automatic anyway.

As you can guess, I am really unhappy with the way Patreon is handling things. If you would still like to support me, but don't want to deal with Patreon anymore, I also have a SubscribeStar profile, with the exact same tiers and content.

Thanks and take care guys.