Oddbean new post about login | logout @Cat poni, Whorseman of Apocalypse i thought they want a way to serve exclusive content to subscribers without having to make their own website that keeps track of who's subscribed for how long?
@7e00ff73 that's not really a difficult task? even free (open) software can do that (or even focuses on that, like ghost), you're really overpaying on a middle-man with patreon?
@Cat poni, Whorseman of Apocalypse @7e00ff73 poni you've seen open source software and you would wish this kind of horror on someone?
@Cat poni, Whorseman of Apocalypse wouldn't that require skill and effort?
@7e00ff73 so does having something to offer for the subscription... (unless you're a poltiical podcaster)
@Cat poni, Whorseman of Apocalypse yeah but like, not everyone with the skills to make art, youtube videos, etc. also has the time and skills to self-host a webapp
@7e00ff73 you'd think that for example the fancy dot art mastodons would be happy to integrate features like that
@Cat poni, Whorseman of Apocalypse dot art? I thought they were too busy blocking other instances
@7e00ff73 of course i mean, i just feel patreon is very expensive for what it is