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Patreon Lays Off 20% of Its Workforce (www.patreon.com)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1283158/patreon-lays-off-20-of-its-workforce

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[–] 0 points 2 months ago (5 children)

@artyom Stripe, the payment processor that most of these platforms (including https://slowcl.app/) use charges both percent and flat fee on every transaction, and depending on how you set up your payout model, more on payouts. Zelle can’t be used to replace it unfortunately.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (4 children)

    Yes, I understand Stripe bad. Why can't Zelle replace it?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    @artyom Zelle can’t be used for commercial platforms, has no ability to split income, and has no API. It’s really only good for direct bank to bank transfers.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    Why do you need a "commercial platform"? I feel like it's important to consider the context here (Patreon) where you're transferring money to creators who have already provided a service. This doesn't require an API. Bank to bank transfers is all that's required. You can split income after the funds are received.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    @artyom Are you saying that creators should drop patronage platforms entirely and just request direct transfers from Zelle?

    Because any patronage platform is commercial and wouldn’t be able to use Zelle. Zelle also can’t support recurring billing so subscriptions wouldn’t work.

    If you’re saying creators should drop patronage platforms entirely, there’s an argument for that, but I think it would introduce a lot of other issues at any decent scale.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Are you saying that creators should drop patronage platforms entirely and just request direct transfers from Zelle?

    Correct

    Zelle also can’t support recurring billing so subscriptions wouldn’t work.

    It actually can.

    I think it would introduce a lot of other issues at any decent scale.

    I don't see any "other issues" that could possibly be bigger than the existing ones.

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