Jemini
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So, there was a fairly explosive case with Patreon a few months back where they, for the second time, decided to kick someone off the platform who had not violated their terms of service in any way. And, from the best one can tell, it is purely because they didn't like this person's politics.
You do not have to disagree with Patreon's left-right scale politics in order to see why this would be something incredibly disturbing. Anyone on the libertarian end of the spectrum is going to be disgusted to even consider having a Patreon account if they know about what they have done. Politically based censorship is one of the later steps down the road to totalitarianism, and is not something that should ever be tolerated. As such, I absolutely could never have an account on Patreon. However, the monthly subscription service they offer is incredibly useful, and something the likes of PayPal for one time payments just doesn't cut it.
I have an account with Subscribe Star, one of the Patreon alternatives that became famous in the wake of Patreon's second case of political censorship due to it being the place the person in question went after his Patreon was terminated. Its services are not quite as versitile as Patreon's but it IS the Patreon alternative that the largest number of people know. Right now, I am getting by by just linking my Subscribe Star page at the bottom of each chapter of my story I release manually, but it would be a major help if someone on the staff could simply code in the same support for a good Patreon alternative in the same way Patreon is supported in order to just make the button appear at the bottom of every one of my stories, and those of anyone else who wants to use their service.
It does not have to be Subscribe Star in particular, if someone can suggest a more versatile Patreon alternative that offers services closer to what Patreon does, then that would be great. However, I would really like to see at least one such service that is an alternative to Patreon supported on this site due to the highly disturbing track record that the company has.
You do not have to disagree with Patreon's left-right scale politics in order to see why this would be something incredibly disturbing. Anyone on the libertarian end of the spectrum is going to be disgusted to even consider having a Patreon account if they know about what they have done. Politically based censorship is one of the later steps down the road to totalitarianism, and is not something that should ever be tolerated. As such, I absolutely could never have an account on Patreon. However, the monthly subscription service they offer is incredibly useful, and something the likes of PayPal for one time payments just doesn't cut it.
I have an account with Subscribe Star, one of the Patreon alternatives that became famous in the wake of Patreon's second case of political censorship due to it being the place the person in question went after his Patreon was terminated. Its services are not quite as versitile as Patreon's but it IS the Patreon alternative that the largest number of people know. Right now, I am getting by by just linking my Subscribe Star page at the bottom of each chapter of my story I release manually, but it would be a major help if someone on the staff could simply code in the same support for a good Patreon alternative in the same way Patreon is supported in order to just make the button appear at the bottom of every one of my stories, and those of anyone else who wants to use their service.
It does not have to be Subscribe Star in particular, if someone can suggest a more versatile Patreon alternative that offers services closer to what Patreon does, then that would be great. However, I would really like to see at least one such service that is an alternative to Patreon supported on this site due to the highly disturbing track record that the company has.