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Gotta respect the hustle, if nothing else. It being entirely voluntary is the genius part, since people are easy to get to drop money on things they don't directly profit from (see charity or church). It's not like how tips are apparently handled in some places in the US, where tip automatically gets added to the bill and you have to pay up (doesn't that kind of defeat the whole purpose of it being a tip?). So someone is probably getting ripped off more from going to one of those places than they're from donating to DC.Yup that's the issue with pretty much all of the patreon games. Looking like it's a kickstarter but it's not. It's also not obvious to people at first glance and when you pitch projects like it's a kickstarter then fall back on the fine print (which is provided by Patron to be fair) it becomes a "gotcha" moment. It's more impactful if you're actually donating (like my dumb ass did) but even when you're not it's perfectly reasonable to look at that interaction from a 3rd POV and go "wow that guy is dumb for donating but fuck that other guy for pulling that shit". Nobody likes gotchas. But like you said they are also free to leave.
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