Historically speaking, the act of financially supporting creatives on the Fediverse has always been something of a pain point. The network lacks a meaningful payment layer, and most of the network’s infrastructure relies on donations made through Patreon, LiberaPay, OpenCollective, KoFi, and GoFundMe. Having to sign up to yet another platform to support someone’s work can introduce a lot of unnecessary friction, and actively hinder fundraising efforts.
There has been no shortage of interesting ideas to solve this, such as Retribute or methods for implementing Web Monetization in Fediverse platforms, but most efforts have not advanced beyond the planning stages.