Re:Patreon cuts deep inside creators’ pockets
by scollet on Sunday June 19, 2022 @03:48AM
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Okay
Re:Patreon cuts deep inside creators’ pockets
by web007 on Saturday June 18, 2022 @12:49PM
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The author is charging more for access to the feature you want. You need to pay more to get that benefit, just like you need to pay more for early access or whatever other perks are offered.
Re:Patreon cuts deep inside creators’ pockets
by michaelt on Sunday June 19, 2022 @04:29AM
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It's not impossible - but usually authors are pretty keen to advertise what the higher tiers give you.
Which is generally more advance chapters. Maybe discord benefits, extra side-story chapters, access to in-progress/draft chapters, or author Q&A sessions. I've never seen notification e-mails listed as a benefit.
Almighty coincidence that e-mail notifications are always reserved for the earliest access tier, but every author has forgotten to advertise the benefit.
For example, if you support a Youtube channel you might continue watching on Youtube and rarely need to visit Patreon's website at all.
But if you support an author who is releasing a book, three pages per day? And you're paying for early access? You'll notice there's no bookmarking / next page features.
And if that author has three price tiers, depending on how many pages of early access you get? Only the most expensive tier can get new-pages-uploaded e-mails - new pages being unlocked for lower tiers isn't an event that triggers notification e-mails.