Flattr is closing down

Re:Flattr is closing down by chriswarbo on Friday January 19, 2024 @02:20PM (#39059796)

Flattr had subscriptions: if you clicked the Flattr button once, they get part of that month's donation; if you clicked it twice they got added to your recurring list, to get a donation every month.

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Re:Flattr is closing down by throwawayq3423 on Friday January 19, 2024 @06:16PM (#39062720)

That sounds too abstract. A subscription model for specific content has proven to work.

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Re:Flattr is closing down by chriswarbo on Saturday January 20, 2024 @11:49AM (#39069499)

Lol, that model had certainly not "proven to work" when Flattr launched in 2010. Sure you can point to Patreon (launched in 2013), OnlyFans (launched in 2016), etc., but that would just be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindsight_bias

PS: I find Flattrs model much simpler: paying a fixed amount, and choosing how many/few people I want to give it to.

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Re:Flattr is closing down by throwawayq3423 on Sunday January 21, 2024 @02:52AM (#39076535)

I don't understand your comment at all. Subscription models have been successful for decades for the major online newspapers. Flattr could have adapted after Patreon, Substack, etc. proved it successful, they chose not to.

Also it's fine that you like Flattr's model more, but no one else did. They don't exist anymore.

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