Facebook?s Alarming ?Patreon Killer? Proves Why We Need Bitcoin
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Summary
This license survives even if you stop using Fan Subscriptions.”This is hardly a surprise given Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg’s long history of controversies regarding the willy-nilly use of users’ private data.Bitcoin hasn’t yet hit the mainstream, but when it does censorship-prone sites like Patreon had better watch out. At the time, I suggested the Patreon debacle represented a prime case for decentralization and hailed Bitcoin as the final nail in the coffin of the subscription service.Patreon’s 5% fee looks positively charitable in light of Facebook’s proposed 30%; however, both platforms have a long history of censorship, and this excerpt from Patreon’s terms of service shows that Patreon has always held ultimate veto power:“We can terminate or suspend your account at any time at our discretion.
As said here by Greg Thomson