Why would you pay a credit card fee and a Patreon fee if all you want to do is directly sponsor a Podcaster?

You see, lightning transactions are more or less free (as in, sub $ cent transactions) [1].

And using the Fountain.FM or Breez podcasting app's allowes not just you to stream money to the podcaster herself, but also a % of that "donation" to be split or even wholly donated to yet another person. [2]

[1] Scroll down to Median Fee: https://1ml.com/statistics

[2] For example, when you listen to this episode it will not stream money to the podcaster, but to the Human Rights Foundation: https://player.fm/series/closing-the-loop-2955490/ep-14-rodo...