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<blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 8893997" data-attributes="member: 3285"><p>In Patreon's case, it's not that they weren't looking at data, it's that their bias toward the FSCs also biased their data. They listened to the wrong people. We can't prove who was giving them quotes and filling out the Net Promoter Survey, but given their past statements it was probably the folks making a living off Patreon, not the thousands of struggling creators who had $1/month patrons. </p><p></p><p>I doubt the DMs Guild data figured into WOTC's calculations, as that's still within a walled garden owned by WOTC with a more restrictive license that could be transitioned over to the new agreement. A better parallel is 5E OGL content on DriveThruRPG, as all those producers will either have to join the new walled garden (presumably, D&D Beyond) or stop producing: <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?filters=45326_0_0_0_0&src=fid45326" target="_blank">DriveThruRPG.com - 5e-compatible - The Largest RPG Download Store!</a> (there's 8,504 products on there as of today). It seems likely those producers weren't a consideration though, as WOTC was focused instead on their FSCs, defined as the big ten companies making over $750K/year off of D&D-related content. </p><p></p><p>On the Internet, every creator is also a customer. Ignoring the thousands of them who aren't FSCs is how we got into this mess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="talien, post: 8893997, member: 3285"] In Patreon's case, it's not that they weren't looking at data, it's that their bias toward the FSCs also biased their data. They listened to the wrong people. We can't prove who was giving them quotes and filling out the Net Promoter Survey, but given their past statements it was probably the folks making a living off Patreon, not the thousands of struggling creators who had $1/month patrons. I doubt the DMs Guild data figured into WOTC's calculations, as that's still within a walled garden owned by WOTC with a more restrictive license that could be transitioned over to the new agreement. A better parallel is 5E OGL content on DriveThruRPG, as all those producers will either have to join the new walled garden (presumably, D&D Beyond) or stop producing: [URL="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?filters=45326_0_0_0_0&src=fid45326"]DriveThruRPG.com - 5e-compatible - The Largest RPG Download Store![/URL] (there's 8,504 products on there as of today). It seems likely those producers weren't a consideration though, as WOTC was focused instead on their FSCs, defined as the big ten companies making over $750K/year off of D&D-related content. On the Internet, every creator is also a customer. Ignoring the thousands of them who aren't FSCs is how we got into this mess. [/QUOTE]
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