I do not draw comics, but I follow 80 comics on Tapastic. I really appreciate being able to support some of my favorite (and struggling) artists by providing a dollar a month through your support system. I am very upset to learn that this program is going away. I agree with the artist who expressed concern that people don't like migrating. This is my SECOND time following an artist to a new platform. Patreon will make THREE. I am exhausted by hoping from platform to platform. I was/am very impressed by your support system, both with its ease and effectiveness.
I don't know what your new platform entails, but I think removing the old system entirely will greatly hurt the following of the artists who have come to rely on you. Tapastic is a fantastic platform and a great opportunity, and I do not wish to sound ungrateful for what you offer these artists, but it should be noted that by eliminating this program, it WILL affect their following and their finances.
As a reader of these comics and occasional supporter, I am upset that I will have to find yet another way to support my favorite artists. I am upset that I will have to move to Patreon to even read some of them, because surely updates here will dry up with the comics that require support to unlock. I am aware that adding to the workload of an artist by forcing them to split their work over another platform to get paid is a little unrealistic, and many of my favorite artists will disappear from Tapastic altogether.
I don't know if my concerns will have any impact on the decision made to drop the support system, but I hope my voice and others sway you to find a way to make it work in tandem with your new platform.
One more issue, and a serious one: The app is already riddled with glitches that seem to slip through the cracks with every heavy update, adding more 'depth' to your features and removing one of my favorite ones will not help. Your app is already the THIRD LARGEST on my phone... and it already can not be moved to the SD card. If it gets any larger and is still not movable, I will not be able to keep it. TO BE CLEAR: If you add more features to your app and do not make it movable to the SD card, I will be forced to remove it. My phone only as 2GB of free space, whereas my SD card has 32GB. Most of my phone space is taken by my text messages, contact list, and glut-software I can't remove. Tapastic will have to go, whether or not I wanted to keep it after the support system is gone.