• artyom@piefed.social
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    2 hours ago

    Why do you need a “commercial platform”? I feel like it’s important to consider the context here (Patreon) where you’re transferring money to creators who have already provided a service. This doesn’t require an API. Bank to bank transfers is all that’s required. You can split income after the funds are received.

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      @artyom Are you saying that creators should drop patronage platforms entirely and just request direct transfers from Zelle?

      Because any patronage platform is commercial and wouldn’t be able to use Zelle. Zelle also can’t support recurring billing so subscriptions wouldn’t work.

      If you’re saying creators should drop patronage platforms entirely, there’s an argument for that, but I think it would introduce a lot of other issues at any decent scale.

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        Are you saying that creators should drop patronage platforms entirely and just request direct transfers from Zelle?

        Correct

        Zelle also can’t support recurring billing so subscriptions wouldn’t work.

        It actually can.

        I think it would introduce a lot of other issues at any decent scale.

        I don’t see any “other issues” that could possibly be bigger than the existing ones.