Patreon Screws Itself

[cryptonomics1]

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Patreon has blocked YouTuber Sargon of Akkad for dropping N bombs, calling it hate speech. Now many customers and creators are leaving Patreon even if they don't like Sargon. Turns out when it comes to people spending their money, they don't like being Patreon-ised.

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Comments

[mikeonfire]

As usual, great stuff! One has to wonder why a legitimate business would cut it's own throat... or is it? Another government sponsored enterprise veiled as a tech innovation?

[cryptonomics1]

Thanks Michael. Could be, I know you'd be aware of In-Q-Tel and you know there are black budgets.

Personally, I don't think that's what's going on in this case. Ms. Hart kept referring to the payment processors, presumably Visa and Mastercard. It seems they do have the motivation to play politics - and probably more motivation than a government to shut down someone like Sargon.

With big tech companies these days, who knows.

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