I really curious, can someone explain me something ?
I see a lot of review complaining about the fact that some content is locked behind a paywall
We are on a piracy forum right ? so how a paywall can "exist" ?
Why nobody take the patreon full version and post it here ? by the rules of the forum, nobody could stop it
Yes I know the dev is here and will probably not be happy about that, but.. we are pirates... we do what we want and take what we want.
The only 2 ways a paywall is acceptable are :
- A time paywall, where a update is exclusive to patreon only for a period of time and get released for everyone after.
If I can have my gold chest by simply waiting a few month instead of stealing it, I'm good with it
- When the dev is new and don't make a lot of money out of his work ( which is clearly not the case here ).
Even pirate have a sense of honor, you don't steal poorer than yourself ( at least I don't )
Now to the dev:
You know, since you are pretty popular, have a lot of visibility and all that... if you posted the full version yourself for free ( even after 2 or 3 month of wait ) you wouldn't loose a lot of money in the long run I think
Maybe at first you would loose 10 or 20% of your patreon , but in the months following you will probably gain much more patreon because people would stop to complain and write negative review, so you could gain in popularity and attract new patreon
Also, I'm sure a lot of people here would like to be your patreon, but don't do it because they judge your action of locking lot of things behind a paywall "bad" and don't want to encourage your "greed" ( sorry but when I see all your tier price and the little bonus they offer, no wonder lot of people here see it as greed )
Your tiers are far too high... you are selling a virtual product, better sell is to a lot of people for little money instead of selling it to fewer people for more money
You really should create a 1€ tier for those who just want to support you
I don't make a lot of money, but I can still afford to spend 10€ per month giving 1 or 2€ to the 5/10 devs I like the most , but with your 4€50 tier, if I were to support you, I would cut the support to HALF the other devs I support