So DA wants to be Patreon by lady-cybercat, journal
So DA wants to be Patreon
I so miss the old DA. Before Eclipse ruined everything. Now DA wants to be like Patreon. Now I can't blame them for wanting a piece of that pie. Hell who wouldn't? It sure would make things easier to create 'Paid Content' here, than setting up tiers and rewards and all that stuff. However DA already has paid downloads. ..but they require Points as do the new Premium Content they are pushing. As a heads up to everyone here's what one person has realized about this problematic 'option'. " so to unlock these galleries people have to 1) buy points in set amounts you provide which is likely more than they need to unluck the specific galleries they want 2) artists only get 80% of the points they charge 3) artists have to give another %20 back if they want the points to be turned into money which means 40% of the money goes directly to DA and the artists get screwed DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE " I totally agree with this assessment. DA's eating way too much of this and the Artist is
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