Yes, I agree there has to be something major. But there is (checks a few webcomic twits) no communication from Patreon officially or unofficially on what that might be, except that they’ve had complaints from creators about the fees (of course, charging the users vs the creators is mere bookkeeping) being confusing and the occasional pledge fraud, and from users on why they get charged up front for the full month no matter when they start pledging (for applicable patreons), so they’re going to eliminate what makes micropayments through their system feasible.
How the problem justifies this particular solution being imposed is still a secret.
…A really serious internal problem, given this PR nightmare. $60 million more in VC funding and they can’t hire competent PR?
