It's great that you wanted to fund the company with no expectation of return, but this is a perfect example of what contractors would need to consider when they choose to trade some of their compensation for equity.
I saw this criticism of Twitter, way before Musk bought it, possibly even before Trump became president. This [0] story from 2018 was about journalists paying too much attention
It does feel like Twitter and Facebook are shadows of their former selves though - partly because on the rare days I go to facebook, it rarely has anything on from humans, partly because it's not covered in news that "Blah Blah said Blah on Platform". That's a good thing.
I'm uncertain what drives Meta's continual growth
[0] https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/journalists-on-twitter-s...
I think Patreon has better rates and now they have commerce.
Considering you'd only be paying Apple 15% (I doubt many people on Gumroad are making more than $1 million) it still seems like a relatively good deal in comparison.
The company that was (still is) eating Gumroad is Paddle that have true 5% + 50ยข pricing.
Gumroad, Lemon, Paddle all do digital files fulfilment. Paddle wont give you website just pay links / overlay. I guess thats main reason why some people choose Gumroad/Lemon over Paddle.
Yes, Paddle is also a competitor but my main point was that many people on social media thought Gumroad was too expensive yet it turns out no sellers in the real world actually cared. The benefits of Gumroad (apparently to them) outweigh the extra 5% they pay.
Related, I thought it was hilarious how so many creators on Twitter publicly stated they were leaving Gumroad when the 10% fee change was enacted, only to have the fee actually be a success. It's Netflix all over again, it just goes to show how the internet and the people on it create a vast but very vocal minority of opinions that are not worth listening to in the real world. Anyone worth listening to is not shitposting on Twitter and other social media.