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Useless junk

Crashes all the time.

My appreciation is through the roof

When my parents were alive, I tried so hard to help them stretch their meager retirement funds through investments. I subscribed to many newsletters and even paid over $7000 to become a member of an investment newsletter club only to be pointed in 100 different contradictory directions. I was turned onto great hope but was stuck in dead end investments. They never had the experience of getting ahead and lived off of the pension my dad had and social security.
I have derived more benefit and learned more through Patreon than any other source of information Iโ€™ve ever applied myself to. Words canโ€™t express how thankful I am to the Patron team and to James for helping my wife and me to finally understand the right way to view the markets. We both have benefited in our accounts and have a way to map out a financial plan thatโ€™s based on numbers not stories. All this time I thought that I was stupid or had bad instincts but I didnโ€™t have the tools or the perspective necessary to succeed. I literally canโ€™t thank you enough for sharing this life changing information at the price of charity.
James, my wife and I watch your tireless efforts in helping others and only hope that you are finding fulfillment and work life balance. Than you and your team for spending yourselves to change the lives of so many like us.
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They broke the downloads page

Not sure what happened but instead of conveniently removing a download after finishing listening to it the app instead thinks it broke while playing and unhelpfully leaves it in the list forever while offering to "Retry Download" instead. Nice work.

Socially Democratic / New Politics Australia

Iโ€™ve been a Patreon subscriber to a few channels, and the experience has been fantastic. The level of quality content, especially from New Politics Australia and Socially Democratic, has genuinely deepened my understanding of the political landscape in Australia. New Politics Australia dives into current events with nuanced analysis, making complex issues accessible. Meanwhile, Socially Democratic combines insightful commentary with engaging interviews, making each episode both informative and enjoyable. Patreonโ€™s platform makes supporting these creators easy and gives subscribers access to exclusive insights that you simply donโ€™t get elsewhere. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to stay informed and engaged!
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Need to fix notifications

I miss so many new posts from creators I follow because your notifications are broken on iPhone. When I log in I see new posts, and then when I close the app I get the notification icon on the app. Itโ€™s so backwards! Also the new feed is confusing and also makes me miss new posts. Please have a chronological view that we can set as default if we choose.
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Pathetic interface

No autoplay/playlist makes this a joke of an app

Get Apple TV app

Love this app but would love to watch the videos directly from my Apple TV. Sometimes AirPlay has issues!

Use the browser version

The app is almost PAINFULLY bad to use. There is less functionality to it than exists on the website. I cannot make a playlist to view favourite videos, forcing me to manually search every single time (a task made even more tedious because the app lacks the same set of options in the search tool that the website has). At least the website version allows me to make bookmarks of individual posts; something the app cannot do.

Also, there are no Skip Ahead or Skip Back buttons when in full screen mode. This forces me to use the timeline at the bottom of the screen, where it is so close to the bottom my iPad thinks I am trying to swipe right into another app. I should not have to use an Apple Pencil to scrub through the timeline.

This app feels like an Alpha version that is still in development and not a polished tool that has been on the market for several years.

Use the browser version.
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good app and content but dark pattern subscription model

I like the app design (needs a loop option for audio and videos). I love the content and variety of creators. The major issue I have is the use of dark pattern subscription model. They don't allow one year subscriptions that don't repeat. This dark pattern is usually used by disreputable sites that aim to make you forget you have a yearly auto renewal and slip another year subscription by you without knowing. To make things worse their faq says if you cancel a yearly sub you will retain priviliges til end of the year you paid for but this doesn't work. The support team claim this is because you need to cancel the free subscription before you cancel the paid which is absurd and should be treated as a major bug but I think it was done on purpose (more dark patterns) since they obviously know about it. End result is that I would subscribe to more yearly content but because of these swindling policies it's just too much trouble to track. What they don't realize is that it hurts them and alienates the customers more than gain them any extra year paid without the customer noticing.... Very P**n hub of them...
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Great app with flaws

This is a great app and concept but it need to be fixed regarding bugs and smoothness of the experience. From mobile devices is not possible to modify my profile or anything related. Also to upload a post with multiple pictures 9/10 times it will crash or just not respond and in the end you gonna have to do it one by one or via pc. Itโ€™s a shame cause right now people are seriously considering new alternatives to instagram and i think that this could be the best with the right tuning. We need a better mobile experience Canโ€™t wait for this uploads!
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