The point of Patreon isn't how many people earn a full-time living, it's how much of the money from art goes to artists

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And yet, the effect is that they are no longer aggregating the transactions. I want ONE patreon charge on my CC, not a dozen every month, with charges added to each.
Aggregation of micro-transactions was their superpower, and they’ve squandered it.