New Tiers (VR vs. Everything) (Patreon)
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Hi everyone,
I've been trying to hold off as long as possible for keeping the price of admission at a flat $5 per month, but I continue discovering more and more people who use this Patreon as a way to pirate my stuff, whether that's through sharing the Google Drive links, or posting watermarked material, and I think I've been way too lenient about what my effort is worth monetarily (after recouping back the money for shooting). So I've decided to offer a $5 tier for people who are only interested in VR stuff (along with updates), and then a $10 tier for people who are interested in everything, including full downloadable videos.
However, I did not change the original tier that everyone is signed up for currently (so that nobody gets hit with a surprise fee next month), so if you are still interested in the full videos, please sign up for the $10 tier.
I know that the people who are doing this are still in the minority of people on my Patreon, so I want to express sincere gratitude for everyone who has continued to support this project along the way. Nothing but love.
EDIT: While having no protections or true safeguards for piracy and its effects has been a major factor, another reason has been that most folks who use this Patreon typically wait until there is a new video out, pay the $5 and then unsubscribe (which is also their prerogative to do, since that's how I set this up). However, since less people have been buying my clips these days (in part due to the wonderful support from everyone here!), I've been bringing in a lot less money from each new release, so I started to either consider making this a streamable only place, which feels bad because I know I like to "keep" clips myself, or to simply raise the price so that when folks do re-subscribe for each release it feels substantial. I'm also hoping that if I can get to a point where I am way less stressed out about money every month, I can dedicate more time to this.