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Isn't "OnlyFans without sexual content" basically Patreon?

I guess they offer similar subscription services but it seems to me (at least) that they serve completely different niches. For example, if a content creator says "check out my OnlyFans for subscriber-only content" versus "check out my Patreon for subscriber-only content", I would expect that they are selling completely different things.

Another parallel could be comparing HomeDepot and HobbyLobby. Both stores sell you things for DIY stuff, but they target different kinds of DIYers (even if they could sell some of the same items).

Ya, you’d suspect one is selling porn and one isn’t, at least that’s what I would have done.

> For example, if a content creator says "check out my OnlyFans for subscriber-only content" versus "check out my Patreon for subscriber-only content", I would expect that they are selling completely different things.

So, OF without p0rn is basically Patreon

I think there are more users of Patreon that uses it as a subscription donation service than there are on OnlyFans, with the primary content being available for free to anyone. Game reviews, mods and web comics comes to mind. I have no idea how large portion of the primary customer base those are for patreon.

OnlyFans does have features that patreon doesn't that really improve the functionality for any type of creators; finer grained control over visibility of posts (you can sell things for additional money on top of the subscription cost), built in live streaming and video.

Patreon is really barebones, for example to host video just for Patrons you have to go through other sites which lets users leak out the info to access it since it's not usually directly tied to their Patreon account. There's no built in support for livestreaming on Patreon at all. All in all Patreon is a super basic private text blog.

Patreon has a hosted video thing in beta.

That's good they really need to provide more to their users than they do now. I get why because serving video is extremely expensive but not being able to do a properly private video on platform is a big gap.

The vast majority of patreon content is exposed like this where you can sign up, grab the content links, and then continue viewing the content after you unsubscribe before paying anything.

If I recall correctly OF basically started getting serious traction once Patreon banned photographic/video porn, so yes.

Kind of? There are some tech differences on what the creators can do. Especially around video/live streaming that are all handled on site instead of externally like Patreon.

Hasn't this comment been made 100 times ready?

Possibly. Haven't read through all 5k comments on the previous posts.

Also, it was actually meant as a genuine question, not a snarky drive-by comment. I have only superficial knowledge of both platforms, so it would be nice to know whether there are some fundamental differences beyond "NSFW / Not NSFW".

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