Patreon's new Pledge Fees (Patreon)

By now I'm sure you've heard about Patreon's terrible decision to force supporters to pay a fee added on to their pledge. I would much rather pay that fee myself as Patreon creators always have before, and I've done what I can to tell them how much I hate this change.

The biggest impact is  on $1 supporters, who now have to pay something like $1.38 instead, for each pledge they give, each time they are charged. This is outrageous. Especially if they are supporting many creators, that all adds up. This is an absolutely insane change to me, and the only one who really benefits is Patreon the company. They actually take in more money from this change, and can claim that creators get a higher percentage. It's greed, that's all, and I'm sorry. 

If you absolutely need to drop out, I understand. And if you do, please tell Patreon why they are the reason you left. Be loud.

EDIT: I was going to try and change the reward tier of $1 so that you can get early pages even if you pledge cents, but you literally can't pledge less than $1.  This means after this change, you CANNOT pledge less than $1.38 in reality.  This is awful.

Thank you everyone for your support, without it I wouldn't have a home right now. You all mean a lot to me, and I hate this turn of events. Please again, give Patreon a piece of your mind. I don't know if we can turn this around, but together we can at least try.

 EDIT (Dec. 13, 2017): Patreon backed down, and decided to NOT go through with the new fees! Thank you everyone who spoke out against This post will serve as a reminder of what they could have suddenly done if we hadn't been so vocal.