I Never Answer Annoying Asks As A Rule But This One Was Perfectly Timed. Do Not Expect Further Responses - Tumblr Posts

I don't think it's brain dead to acknowledge how deeply flawed and doomed from the start cohost's business model was. Relying on an anonymous angel investor, running at an exclusive deficit, ignoring the reality of (shitty! i acknowledge!) laws and basically saying they're built different, and squeezing money out of poor marginalized people for a doomed project kind of sucks. I think it's fine to say that and it's okay for you to feel defensive because you liked that website but eventually you have to acknowledge the reality and not just project your anger onto people who are pointing out the sad truth.

there are two major problems with your ask and i will address each in turn.

cohost's entire business model was predicated on eggbux, their patreon alternative, which was delayed due to one of the devs getting long covid and eventually canned because of policy changes from their payment processor, Stripe, that restrict tipping and subscriptions. everything else you listed – living on investor funding, and your gross mischaracterization of "cohost plus" that was both billed entirely as a tip jar and explicitly not promoted as a way for them to break even – was in service of getting to the point of launching a product that was worth paying for. you would know this if you actually read the financial reports.

i didn't actually like using cohost all that much, so to call me "defensive" tells me you're here just to argue. i did want to like the site but ultimately i kept bouncing off of it, and i made my issues with it known on several occasions. you would know this if you actually read anything i've posted about cohost.

no i'm mostly just annoyed at the braindead takes from folks who don't know how to read. like yourself!