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BuyMeACoffee silently dropped support for many countries (2024)
Silent changes in payment methods on big creator funding platforms raise some unpleasant questions.
A singer-songwriter turned paramedic who uses BMaC donations to record her songs on short vacations between duties; A writer and culturology scholar turned soldier who funds his studies about Ukrainian culture and history; A girl whose two brothers have fallen on the frontlines, and she funds her absolutely unique book club to connect to people and share reading experience with them; A small business owner from Kharkiv who uses a “build in public” approach for a small coffee shop (and recently got mobilized into Armed Forces); …and so on. And, honestly, support’s evasive behavior (and inconsistent reports about “some Payoneer payouts might still work”) just adds insult to injury. One of the Ukrainian creators received an unusually honest explanation of the reasons behind dropping support for Payoneer and Wise: “Incompatible with our upcoming features.” So, like, a bit more convenience for the First World users, at a price of excluding those not that privileged.
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