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If you can't pay money to content makers, what's the point of a patreon app? It's the whole purpose.
by g15jv2dp 2y ago
If you can't pay money to content makers, what's the point of a patreon app? It's the whole purpose.
- HDThoreaun 2y agoSeeing the content you paid for when using a non mobile device?
- aphantastic 2y agoI’ve happily been using Patreon for years and didn’t even know an app existed. Has the world entirely forgotten about websites?
- HDThoreaun 2y agoNative apps are better than websites on mobile. I know you know this.
- diggan 2y agoWhat do you do on Patreon that only a application could do, and not a website? I subscribe to a bunch of Patreons, and most of them are videos (which I can view on a website) or they're downloadable assets I use my PC for accessing anyways, wouldn't make sense on mobile no matter app or website.
- aphantastic 2y agoFor what? Clicking a “pay this person $5 a month” button? Maybe commenting on a post or watching a video? I don’t see how the platform could affect that in any significant way.
- __loam 2y agoThe app is better for viewing the content you paid for. Patreon is not just for subscribing to creators. They also deliver content. This isn't hard to understand.
- aphantastic 2y agoWhat does the app do that <video> <img> and <audio> cannot?
- yunwal 2y agoAny sort of audio/video control for sure, which is a substantial portion of patreon content. Also, if you want to support offline content, it's nearly impossible to do it in a browser.
- aphantastic 2y agoWhat’s wrong with the native html <video> tag? Or <audio>? I use those for everything and i’ve never been unable to control media.
- kelnos 2y agoAnd whose fault is that? Apple's! Hell, Jobs originally wanted there to be no iPhone SDK, and for everyone to create webapps. Man, that would have been a better world. Initially it would have sucked, but the mobile web platform would have improved so much faster, and APIs for doing native-y things would have been complete and useful 15 years ago.
- talldayo 2y ago> Has the world entirely forgotten about websites? Perhaps, if only the segment of the population forced to use a browser that didn't support PWAs for over a decade. I can see why they would forget about websites over a long enough period of time.