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Re:I Now Assume That All Ads on Apple News Are Scams by rmunn on Friday February 06, 2026 @09:34PM (#46920766)
You're quite right: that newfangled Patreon nonsense is a flash in the pan that will never catch on. There's no way anyone can be successful getting hundreds of people to pay them $5 (or even $1) per month. Ads are the only way to run the Internet.

What? It's 2026, not 2016? And Patreon has been running very successfully for over a decade? Huh. Whaddayaknow?

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Re:I Now Assume That All Ads on Apple News Are Scams by WarmWash on Saturday February 07, 2026 @08:41AM (#46923786)
Patreon is not the issue.

1% of people covering most the costs for the other 99% of people is. Which is what we find when looking at patreon conversions

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