So..

I spied a vid on the Tube this morning from Steve Guttenberg about his patreon bank account.. Ok.. No crime being committed by anyone who sets these things up but REALLY...
Why the heck would anyone want to pay money into someone account so they can make videos..? 
Steve has all different tiers of his Patreon that you can subscribe to [which is nice] all the way up to $50us a month!..where he will talk to you for 15 minutes. Man alive there must be alot of silly people out there with too much money

So Ive decided to test the waters here myself.

I know a little about quality coffee, the art of Rembrandt, growing awesome tomatoes,recipes for the BEST humus on the planet and the mechanical advantages of buying a Porsche GT4 over a GTS.

All the above attract a membership fee of $30 per month plus admin of $100
If you want samples of my special humus this is extra.

Today's reality. ;(

Many on social media have Patreon accounts where subscribers can get benefits such as offered by Steve G, or they get access to videos ahead of the gen pop, extra videos, unedited/uncensored/NSFW/R18 versions.

They have to make a living and people seem to be willing to indulge, so its win win I guess.

Never subscribed to any myself but andrewp might be my first as I like a good hummus and coffee. Not a great Rembrandt fan though...

More than happy to share my hummus recipe..

What more than chick peas, tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, cumin, salt?

Forget about adding any extras like peppers, pine nuts, spices etc!

Roasted capsicums x2 and sundried tomatoes and some roasted cashews.

Give it a whirl..and yes your ingredients above are the essentials.

See, no need to pay. It comes free!

hmmm...perhaps you should check your credit card..

Lol 😆

This is the way I see it...

I have a Patreon account and I do donate money to several Youtube creators, usually only a couple of dollars a month each. I don't watch TV and my visual entertainment is almost exclusively from youtube so I don't mind sending a few dollars. The money also goes directly to the content creators which is more than you can say for other entertainment subs, SKY, Netflix, Neon etc...

The accounts I support are putting out content for free which I enjoy. Usually the content is educational, engineering, machining, woodworking or similar.

One example where Patreon seems to have been really successful is the 'Sampson boat Co.' channel on youtube. Leo purchased a 100 year old wooden boat and began to restore it by himself in his spare time and started making videos about it. He is now fully funded by Patrons, has regular Patron volunteers and employs a couple of shipwrights.

He produces some amazing woodworking/boatbuilding content, content that really wouldn't be available if it weren't for this kind of donation model...
www.youtube.com/channel/UCg-_lYeV8hBnDSay7nmphUA

www.jeremyyoungdesign.com