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I feel like this is one of the things that caused Wave to die -- it was only something useful if many people are using it, and they didn't let many people use it.
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#82A fraction of $3/mo? From a company that abandons projects left and right? I'll stick to Patreon, thanks. I'm making about $800 on a productive month now despite there being a pretty small audience for comics about a lesbian robot with PKD problems. I set "no ads for anyone" as my goal for like $50/p, which was still making far more than I ever did from ad impressions. Most people only contribute a buck or so a page…
Why can't you do both? Some people will still use Patreon, some might prefer Google contribute... Or is Google insisting on an exclusive contract?
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#83A fraction of $3/mo? From a company that abandons projects left and right? I'll stick to Patreon, thanks. I'm making about $800 on a productive month now despite there being a pretty small audience for comics about a lesbian robot with PKD problems. I set "no ads for anyone" as my goal for like $50/p, which was still making far more than I ever did from ad impressions. Most people only contribute a buck or so a page…
Patreon really has been fantastic for individuals and small groups whom people actively want to support. From tons of small creators paying their rent to the bigger successes like Jim Sterling and RedLetterMedia.
This seems targeted at larger, semi-faceless websites which may only be able to survive with tiny contributions from a mass audience. Imgur is probably the best example of that; it's infrastructure that people appreciate, but few want to pay for.
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#84It seems kind of convenient that the replacement for ads on the web is just a different thing that requires google to track everyone all the time.
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#85I think I'll setup some "pixel patterns where you would normally see an ad" on my own site and maybe people will start donating bitcoins to my site.
I'll get back to ya'll with the results of the experiment.
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
The same problem exists with ads, though. By browsing a site with ads, you're supporting them.
Only in a very, very small and indirect way. And you can solve that problem by installing and ad blocker and whitelisting sites.
It's still very small if it's one pageview in your entire month, and it's that fraction of a couple of dollars. I'd be surprised if this gets anyone significantly higher revenue than ads; that doesn't seem to be the goal.
I suppose that if you're running an appropriately-designed ad blocker (i.e., one that prevents Google's third-party ad cookies from reaching the site), then Google won't be able to route your contribution to the site, anyway.
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
The same problem exists with ads, though. By browsing a site with ads, you're supporting them.
Only in a very, very small and indirect way. And you can solve that problem by installing and ad blocker and whitelisting sites.
At some fraction of $3/month, you aren't going to be giving those sites much for a single impression or two anyway, sounds like.
I wonder how hard it would be to block the script/call on sites you don't want to support (or just whitelist it on ones you do). I'd imagine not very.
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#88Should Google be collecting this revenue for the content providers? Or could the individual content providers not collect this revenue themselves without having Google take a cut. How hard is it for a site to setup a simple paywall linked to a low-cost payment processor? Why work with the record label when you could be producing your own work and keep 100% of the profit?
I am guessing that the $1-3 is subsidized by the sale of your private information.
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#89I think I'll setup some "pixel patterns where you would normally see an ad" on my own site and maybe people will start donating bitcoins to my site. I'll get back to ya'll with the results of the experiment.
I see what you did there :P
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#90A fraction of $3/mo? From a company that abandons projects left and right? I'll stick to Patreon, thanks. I'm making about $800 on a productive month now despite there being a pretty small audience for comics about a lesbian robot with PKD problems. I set "no ads for anyone" as my goal for like $50/p, which was still making far more than I ever did from ad impressions. Most people only contribute a buck or so a page…
I've been interested in Patreon for a while. Do you think there is a space on it for people running websites? I've only ever seen it used by webcomic artists.