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Unfortunate that the plan is to go public. Ideally the people who run it would be valued as stewards and curators instead of interchangeable cogs.
I hope to see one of these DIY platforms eventually become a cooperative.
Not patreon style but etsy style, I have hope for Mayhem Marketplace. There's also a POC run marketplace that's supposed to be co-op but I haven't seen anything on it recently and can't remember the name.
Capitalism ain't ever gonna be your friend. Not gonna be a friend to artists who outlive their usefulness, either.