EMERGENCY MEETING: 2:00 PM US Eastern (concerning Patreon changes coming next year) (Patreon)

Hello folks,

This morning Patreon creators received an email informing us that they will be axing the per-creation model, permanently, in November 2025.

The shortened explanation for this is that Apple is going to begin charging companies 30% for in-app purchases, or be removed from the app store. Per-creation charges apparently complicate this system to the point that Patreon has opted to switch over to the subscription model (once per month charge) permanently. This will drastically effect per-creation Patreons.

As you know, the GaMetal Patreon runs on the per-creation model. This means I'll be making far less from Patreon than before, and as Patreon makes up the bulk of my income, to put it bluntly: this is very bad for per-creation creators, which includes myself.

On the not-so-bleak side: I've had in the back of my mind that Patreon would one day axe the per-creation model, so I had planned to switch over eventually sometime in the future. There's also a little over a year to prepare for this.

So, I'd like to call for an impromptu stream today, starting around 2:00 PM US Eastern (about 3 hours from now, will post stream link here then), to gather some input from you all on changes we could make to the GaMetal Patreon next year when we get a bit closer to judgement day (November 2025). Admittedly, I've not promoted the GaMetal Patreon very much the past couple of years (outside of the not-so-intrusive "help support GaMetal!" cards in videos), as it's been able to self sustain itself very well without too much extra help. With this change, I'll have to do some promotion to generate some new Patrons and recoup some of the loss, but I don't want to water down particular rewards (like the request list), or drastically increase tier prices, so I'd like to know what ideas you all may have so I can think up our plan for next year.

That's all for now, thank you all as always for your continued support, we'll get through this together! 🙂

TL;DR: Patreon is permanently axing per-creation subscription model in November 2025, drastically effecting those that use this model, which includes the GaMetal Patreon. Would like to gather your thoughts/ideas during an impromptu stream today at 2:00 PM US Eastern time, link will be posted here then. Thank you!