Yeah, but the other hand, a new problem arose. Why would they need to be secretive in front of their friends, parents and co-workers about it? They wanted to have a scenario that makes sense with the non-incest version as well, instead of the infamous taboo relationship between landladies and tenants or roommates.On the other hand, without incest it will make it a bit easier to solve that pesky incest-problem.
I wish more dev's would get the hint that there are other options like Mr. DOTS did. I've tried to tell quite a few dev's and they'd rather the censorship of Patreon than the scary unknown of a new subscription service
The appeal of a reliable and well-known revenue source is a strong incentive. Money talks and developers listen. Better the devil you know than the unknown option that you don't.
It's not only the Dev's you have to "get on board", you also need to convince the people who are doing the donating/subscribing that they can trust a less mature site with their financial transactions. Because in some legal regions it is difficult to permanently halt an existing periodical payment arrangement without the receiver's agreement.
Thing is, SubscribeStar or PayPal (Two examples of other subscriber options) aren't that new, there's also options through Discord. That ones also through PayPal. So they're not all that new and they're insured. So I hope the dev gives one of them a try. Reliable becomes relative when you're worried you could be dropped for a bullshit morality clause.
I'm not pretending it is, but as greyelf stated, you'll have to convince a broad customer base that it isn't. Add to that a certain dislike of many to use multiple platforms for essentially the same service, and it'll probably take some time until you can get the same income there.
You mention PayPal, but PayPal is the problem. Or, more specifically, the credit card companies pulling PayPal's strings. They're the ones who forced Patreon to change their rules.
Please do not mention PayPal as a solution. I know from sad, first-hand experience that PayPal is (if not at) quite near the bottom of the dilemma that developers and their subscribers find themselves in. As a result, I have resigned from their service, much as it was convenient for other purposes. I will never again pay for anything through PayPal.
Yeah, unless you're a big company with some weight (and a good team of lawyers) don't use paypal in a professional (or semi) way.
