New Tier Idea (Patreon)

Before I talk about the new tier idea, I have been having a bit of trouble trying to create a tier for the 7-day free trial access.

Since all the works have had the setting set to all paid tiers, that would also include the 7-day free trial meaning all the content will be seen in the Trial Tier, so I am in the middle of contemplating if I should just add it to one of the tiers I already have or try something else. If I change all works to be on select tiers then if I make another tier, say the one below, I then have to go back into ALL posts and add them in manually.

Rule34 Diffusion Cloud

The new tier idea that I have so far it's one benefit but it might be quite worth it.

I'm already loving the name and theming I thought of, this image above is exactly how I wanted the Tier Banner to look xD

(NOTE: Another benefit is including works that can only be seen on the cloud!(not many but some extras)

It would essentially allow access to a cloud drive that contains all of my works upscaled to the usual size.
This cloud will also be updated on the spot as well so whenever I transfer the folders into the synced folder on my computer, It will get uploaded automatically! You may even catch it mid-uploading a folder with a character I haven't posted to Patreon yet!

As for access to the cloud, I would have a password that people can go to. However, this password would change every few days or maybe weekly. Just in case someone tries sharing the password with others or posts it somewhere online. (I need subs if I'm to afford this cloud, that's why I have the revolving password, despite what I say at the final section)

For now, I am thinking about pricing for this tier, Mega is $10 a month for 2TB of data which is fine since I can fit all my work in it without using too much. But I aim to do $5 a month and be at a little loss until I get two subs for it to break even.

Another benefit I may include is Early access to the characters I have done in advance! (I'm about 12 days ahead with 2 characters each day) So this can be treated as an early access subscription.

Now as for my concern on downloading images easily, I realized that people will find ways to still download everything, and I originally was not ok with it. But now I am opening up to allowing it because there is no way to avoid it. All that I ask for is to not take subs away from me maliciously.

I know there are creators out there who embrace pirating but only ask for financial support so they can keep making more and newer content and, in turn, more content to pirate for the community,

My goal with this whole thing is to have a good relationship with the pirating community and not try to take them down. The only takedowns I will do are for people who are trying to make money off of my content without my permission. The pirating community's core value is about being free and open to all. Making money off of pirated content is a huge no-no in the community.

Think of it this way, If I suddenly lose a ton of subscribers due to someone else poaching them from me and sharing my work without permission for free or to make money off of it, and people unsubscribe here to go for the cheaper one(if undercutting my price) or free version, I will end up losing the motivation to make new content, which in turn will cause me to stop posting, and in turn affect the pirater poaching my subs and people who left my sub just to get it for free instead. This would end up hurting the people who wanted my stuff for free(and not poaching my subs) and no longer get to see more new content.

(This is if I lost a lot of subs due to it, this doesn't mean I'm against free versions, but more so if someone is purposely advertising or encouraging people to unsubscribe.)