There’s a major opportunity for competition here. A complete open source stack for what Patreon does is already available as free open source software:
A sex-positive alternative to Patreon could be up and running within a month. A lone developer could make a viable side-business for them self living off the 10% fee + having their own collection project. This would be good for the OpenCollective org as well, as this would bring more contributors to their open source ecosystem, further strengthening their platform.
The tricky part will be finding a payment gateway that doesn’t prohibit adult content. Yes, cryprocurrencies would also help here, but a lot of people still just want to use their credit cards.
P.S. For the record I think Patreon is a great service, but I don't think they need nor should be the only "recurring payments platform" available.
https://github.com/opencollective
A sex-positive alternative to Patreon could be up and running within a month. A lone developer could make a viable side-business for them self living off the 10% fee + having their own collection project. This would be good for the OpenCollective org as well, as this would bring more contributors to their open source ecosystem, further strengthening their platform.
The tricky part will be finding a payment gateway that doesn’t prohibit adult content. Yes, cryprocurrencies would also help here, but a lot of people still just want to use their credit cards.
P.S. For the record I think Patreon is a great service, but I don't think they need nor should be the only "recurring payments platform" available.