So given the recent #Patreon news where Apple will be forcing every creator to give 30% of their earnings by forcing Patreon to use Apple's payment system on all Apple mobile devices, I'd like to talk about a bit of privilege that don't seem to understand, regarding, why don't artists just sell on their own websites!
I'm not sure if people know this, but the longer you're an administrator, the less time you have to make art, and, by extension, this also means that artists can't practice our craft as often so the art goes down. There are a whole dozen other factors as well, but let's start with the paradox that if you would just sell on your own website, you never have to worry about it.
Yes, you do have to worry about it. Every, single, day. Why? Because you need to keep it working and operational. This takes away from making art.
but let's zoom out a bit. Artists, and this includes writers, are broke. you're wrong about artists making money. Writers can't afford your 2 hour course on using Docker, as an example. Moreover, this is the same behavior as the folks that say, just learn to code, bro!
To learn to code, you need time. You need finances to get a stable tech setup. You need to have the chance to just learn something without needing to put other things first like animals or kids or your bills or your home or even day job.
Moreover, you have better tech than we do. The tech artists use is older because writers and artists are poor.
So what can you do about it?
Lend some tech mutual aid. If you love their art so much, make space for them on your server. Build them a computer or offer to buy a custom computer that would be great and would last them a while. Help them out financially. Give to them directly if possible. buy their work. Give them space on your server. Provide them, us, with a safe tech space so we can continue to make the art you like.
#Artist #Artists #Writer #Work
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