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by Lanz 1376 days ago
It'd be good to see Patreon face some more serious competition. They are by far the dominant force in their segment.
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Not being in the know, what are the serious competitors to Patreon? Utreon? Buy Me a Coffee? Youtube itself?
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Apple and Spotify doing podcast subscriptions maybe?
As a new user of Patreon (literally this week is the first time I've used it) I finally signed up because a content creator is posting their videos to Patreon a day early. Youtube could solve that problem.

Does anyone have any other examples of what Patreon does for them?

It’s cross platform and PayPal hasn’t decided to eat it as a feature yet. That’s it.
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