A (good) update to donor-exclusive videos

Hello everyone!

I'm making this post public as I feel it may impact some peoples decision to stay as a free member or begin donating.

TL;DR -- videos are hosted on Dropbox from now on, MEGA will be canned, past videos will be updated, and there will be no more bandwidth errors. Please view the download link on any video for a link to the repository. All videos that were on MEGA have been added as of 04/17/2024.

long -- Since I began uploading uncut versions of these videos to Patreon, I've used MEGA as a backup hosting service for those who wish to direct download, as well as to see versions of some videos that have content some might find hard to stomach visually. This is because, for a long while, I assumed MEGA was one of the only distributors that would allow the kinds of videos I do. Despite all being critiques and not gratifying, I've heard enough horror stories about Google Drive and even had my alt YT acc wiped without notice for private videos that I went for what I had known to be safe.

Unfortunately, MEGA seems like it was a very poor choice on my end. Yesterday, I got two reports of people being unable to watch the newest video due to a bandwidth error, and I had received two other reports in the past. I was uncertain what was happening as I thought MEGA's limit was 5GB a day - more than generous - but I was very wrong. The limit can go as low as under 1GB a day, which is unsuitable for video watching.

I'm incredibly sorry to anyone who has been inconvenienced by this. I know it's frustrating to pay for content and be unable to watch it, and I'm really really sorry I didn't understand how much of an issue this had been until now. I assumed wrong and didn't double check, and I didn't do enough research into alternatives before sticking with MEGA.

From now on, videos will be hosted on Dropbox. To my understanding, they will not take down content unless there is a legal concern, and there isn't any with my work. So, from now on, Dropbox will be the platform of choice, as it offers end users (all y'all) no data limits, so you should be able to DL and watch to your hearts content.

Again, I'm very sorry for this entire ordeal and for how long it's been going on. If you have previously been unable to watch any video, please check their posts for updated links to the Dropbox repository containing the available back catalog. Everything that was on MEGA has been transferred over there.

Finally, a reminder that if you are unable to access posts, please verify that your payment went through and that you are subscribed to a tier. I've seen a number of people list 'unable to access content' on their Exit Surveys, and it's very sad to see. My email listed on my YT is always open if there are ever any issues with Patreon that cannot be resolved via DM.

Thank you for your continued support, and I'm again really sorry for any trouble this has caused.