Not sure if this the right place to ask but since I love sailing the high seas, maybe you guys would know. A preface before the question: I am of the mindset that others' reasons to pirate are their own and any discourse on supporting creators is not productive and financial support should be left to the individual's own devices and morals. It's not for me to judge, blah blah blah.

Anyway, I was thinking about South Park and am wondering how their shift to Paramount+ has been. I wonder if they're making any good profit since not a lot of people have subcriptions and especially so after the whole Colbert thing.

It's been suggested here and there on this sub that a good way to financially support creators, if a pirate wants to do so, is donating directly do them. Does anybody know of a way to do this with bigger creators? If South Park was in any danger of being cancelled due to funding, I was considering this option since I'll never give my money to a streaming service again. Any ideas?

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[–] rozodru@piefed.social 4 points 4 days ago

they've already made their money, you're fine. you don't need to support them as they've already been paid. Most creators for films and tv shows have already been paid.

Music artists, indie game devs, etc support them instead. Most musicians aren't getting million dollar contracts, hell most don't even get a few grand contract and any album sales or whatever fractions of a penny they make from music streaming sites go to the record label anyways. But their merch, go to their concerts as that's where artists make their money.