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Setup a Patreon. I'll throw in $20 per article for long-form journalism like this. Youtubers who make long-ish videos (i.e., EE's who tear down industrial gear narrating analysis[1]) have recently taken to this model and it's absolutely fantastic. My money goes to support the continued generation of new content, cutting out the middleman. "Pay because it's good" is the best content monetization model yet.

[1] Ben from Applied Science [https://www.youtube.com/user/bkraz333] Mikeselectricstuff [https://www.youtube.com/user/mikeselectricstuff] and AvE are all incredible. Some of the underappreciated but really educational channels are(Sharhair from the Signal Path[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxRARSpahF1Mt-2vbPug-g] and Paul from Mr Carlsons Lab [https://www.youtube.com/user/MrCarlsonsLab], along with HAM'er W2AEW [https://www.youtube.com/user/w2aew]. These guys don't even have Patreons - they just do it to because they want to disseminate knowledge.

But Atavist actually sells content. Why don't you just pay Atavist Mag?

Are you me? I subscribe to Applied Science, AvE, Signal Path, and W2AEW. I'll have to check out Mikeselectricstuff and Mr Carlson's Lab. EEVblog is missing from the list, but arguably that one goes without saying :-)

Are you I? :)

Get your grammar correct before trying to be a grammar pedant.

Have an upvote. Was just trying to joke around, but then again, this isn't Slashdot or Reddit.

Another addition to the above excellent list is "bigclivedotcom". Lots of teardowns of cheap Chinese electronics with an eye towards what exactly makes them dangerous. https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom/videos

Clive is really awesome! Re-ignited my electronics flame :)

Clive is the best. Sometimes the cheap eBay gadgets get a little repetitive, but he does mix in a lot of different stuff. I really enjoy his videos on printing circuit boards and making his little 'nixie' lamps. He's just fun to listen to.

The writer is one of the founders of the magazine that published this story, he'd be cutting himself out by setting up a Patreon.

"Pay because it's good" is the best content monetization model yet.

Glad to see this sentiment here.

If Patreon is too involved, content creators can also put a PayPal tip jar on their site:

http://micheleincalifornia.blogspot.com/2015/11/how-to-make-...

I think Patreon is a tough sell for 'long-format' journalism because there's such a large gap between stories.

There's an option to pay per content released instead of monthly.

Awesome, thank you. In fact I was already subscribed to all of those channels except AvE and MrCarlsonsLab, so given that I just subscribed immediately without even checking out the videos.

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