From Chyos' Patreon:
Adopting to new situations
1h
Good afternoon,
this may come as a bit of a surprise to some of you, but recent changes in Patreon policy have made it necessary for me to do a bit of forward planning.
Over the past week I've been contacted by many of you who were concerned about the future of the game due to Patreon removing several other adult creators from their plattform.
This is due to the fact that they have tightened their guidelines regarding adult entertainment.
Since I have been running this account here on Patreon, I have always made sure to adhere to the guidelines. However, this is also a matter of interpretation to a certain extent.
So now that I have read some reports from content creators who have lost everything from one day to the next (without warning and on request only received prefabricated emails for explanation). I've decided to prepare for the worst.
This is why I've now opened a page on Subscribestar. You can find the link to my new account there: here.
What does this now mean for the future?
From now on I will update both platforms at the same time. I have no intention of closing my Patreon account myself and if they decide that my work meets their guidelines, then great.
But you can imagine how much this topic has been weighing on me the last few days. it feels like having your head under a guillotine, never knowing when or if it will fall.
At the same time I won't change my game because they decide to change their rules. I have already bent a lot of my storytelling to meet their guidelines in the past. In other genres it's fine to have all kind of brutality, but when it comes to sex everything must be clean and with flowers everywhere (at least this is how it feels). I know this is not Patreon's fault and that they just want to appease their payment companies such as Paypal.
Nevertheless, such a restriction on creativity just feels bad. It's a bit reminiscent of past debates about games like Counterstrike. It took years for politicians to change their minds and realize that not all people who play such a game become murderers, and in this case there were widespread protests. I doubt it will cause a similar uproar here as the audience is a much smaller target group.
So, I hope this page will continue to exist and I will now try to get my head free and continue working on actual content.
