I support these comments as a place to drop things that are itching you in the wider discussion but don't really belong on other posts. :P
And yes, it's basically busking, and, you know, getting patronage money! There are issues with permitting systems for buskers, and other comparable systems, at probably about the same levels I have with patreon and kofi, but they're not problems with the people who have their hats out, or the fundamental idea of passing a hat.
(Actually, my main ?? about Patreon is that I've mostly been involved in it on the indy comics/games side, and a lot of people on that side of things seem to be heavily bought into believing that Patreon is somehow more legitimate, a real business, a fundamentally different kind of crowdfunding!! than things like busking or kofi, and I think Patreon-the-corporation encourages that in some communities, which doesn't do the creators any favors. But I haven't seen that as an issue among the transformative fans who use it; that may be another thing that fandom helps to inoculate against.)
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And yes, it's basically busking, and, you know, getting patronage money! There are issues with permitting systems for buskers, and other comparable systems, at probably about the same levels I have with patreon and kofi, but they're not problems with the people who have their hats out, or the fundamental idea of passing a hat.
(Actually, my main ?? about Patreon is that I've mostly been involved in it on the indy comics/games side, and a lot of people on that side of things seem to be heavily bought into believing that Patreon is somehow more legitimate, a real business, a fundamentally different kind of crowdfunding!! than things like busking or kofi, and I think Patreon-the-corporation encourages that in some communities, which doesn't do the creators any favors. But I haven't seen that as an issue among the transformative fans who use it; that may be another thing that fandom helps to inoculate against.)