The problem is, they follow Russian laws and comply with direct demands from Russian government. So far, mostly against Russian dissidents - but who knows what can happen.

yeah no sorry, but a company helping a war crime isn't the solution here. what's next, frikkin IDF betterhelp?

Boosty's parent company appears to have links to Russia, so it's not a neutral platform if one is taking a side in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Not a surprise if they're helping Russia evade sanctions.

Creators have to put food on the table. Principal doesn't override one's livelihood.

Their terms of service explicitly forbid "pornographic or sexually explicit" content. As well as content that "violates any applicable law, rule or regulation". Which, in Russia, includes quite a bit of what we would consider normal. (it obviously doesn't mean it -will- be enforced, but it -might-)

While technically true, nothing forbids you from creating a private Telegram group with all the content and using Boosty as a way to access it (they have a Tg bot). Also, it's forbidden in public posts. You may post explicit stuff for paid subs (just like on Patreon). There are some limitations tho.

Creators need to get on every non-scam payment platform they can as soon as they can. They need to use Business EINs and set up accounts under those. Elderly family members? Great, they can also provide backup accounts.

Great, let them demonstrate they care.

If you can make use of that platform while violating their terms of service, you are clearly capable of doing it on any other platform.

The rules are the same everywhere, but what matters is how much people care to enforce them. The truck is not finding the platform with the laxest rules, but the laxest enforcement.

They are not "the same everywhere". Boosty has a long definition of what they consider pornographic. Itch, for example, doesn't.

Somehow I think the sanctions busting platform won't bow to pressure from an Australian morality group. That's the problem here, not the platforms, but the platforms bowing to external pressure groups because they are vulnerable to legal actions and politics.

Anything Collective Shout would want to ban, is already banned there by the site's terms of service. And if you think they won't bow to anyone, there's quite a few news articles about them banning bloggers and news media upon Russian government's request.

And how aggressively do they enforce them because they aren't enforcing the sanctions stuff.

by that logic you could just give in to mastercard&co, that makes no sense.

If all options are on the table for survival, then so is crypto. A stablecoin like USDC would avoid volatility for US creators, though the USD is declining against many currencies lately. The company seems to have poor ratings for service, which might put off buyers.

For any coin that isn't brand new transactions take forever and cost like $30.