Ask HN: What comes next for Patreon and Gumroad?

[tjmakingof]

They aren't that different anymore in terms of features: one-time payments, subscriptions, discovery/ directory, community (posts, comments, lives) etc.

And that's where other similar platforms are moving as well - to being all-in-one platforms for best reach.

Is there anywhere left to go? What is the current movement in this niche? What do you think comes next for community subscription pages?

[colesantiago]

The next thing is an open source version of these.

We need to race the cost of a Patreon or a Gumroad to 0. It shouldn't cost $$$ for creators to get started with these features.