>>109833854>Literally nobody was forcing them to do anything. It was a hobby.The second you present it non-anonymously online as a narrative, people start harassing you to finish it if it isn't complete trash. They try to guilt you over it, how could you do this to your fans, can't you just answer the lingering questions, etc.
>When you try to turn it into a full time job based on donations you're creating a toxic environment where you guilt all your supporters into giving more and more and more.You've moved the goalposts all the way from "compensation exists at all" to "making it a full time job and being a piece of shit." Not only is calling any form of compensation option being presented for free media "guilting" completely fucking ludicrous, but the idea that it's the very existence of monetary options that's "toxic" and not unscrupulous creators is fucking wild.
>If something happens and the artist can't provide updates suddenly people stop donating and your life is ruined.That happens with most real jobs too, and that's also why you make a buffer and do things other than make comics.
>Ad revenue to cover cheap hosting costsAd money is so piss for small sites these days that it often doesn't even cover it. >and selling merchandise like books and tshirts is way more sustainable in the long run.
First of all it isn't, which is why people put up tip jars and Patreons in the first place. Second, creating and selling books and merchandise is such a time and money investment that you only do it if you have tons of both to spare or of you're trying to make a business.
You act like the existence of more direct payment methods has killed hobby art, but there's plenty of people who post things they make for fun online. Illustrations, comics, woodworking, puppetry, you name it. The only thing that rarely gets released with no strings attached is massive narrative comics. Calling optional compensation a negative just because some artists are cunts is ridiculous.