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Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App (www.macrumors.com)
submitted 3 days ago by Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (4 children)

That's actually a good solution

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Is it? Previously this was considered tips

Now it’s 30% for what? Running a payment gateway and hiding an unsubscribe button deep in the App Store UI.

Competitively payment gateways charge 1-3%, but when you lock down a platform you can charge 10x that.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It’s logical but it probably scares away some customers. That’s why the “just eat it” option exists. iOS gives you access to an enormous market and payments are slick and easy. Creators may want $5 but if they can get 30% less from 500% more people, it’s still a good business for them. There’s no strict reason why they must obsess over taking 100% of the sticker price. There are a million examples of businesses who are willing to accept a discount for high volume business.

[–] other_cat@piefed.zip 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Not that good, the backlash was immense and if I remember right, people were dropping patreon subs over it.

EDIT: I might also not be remembering right. The thing I'm thinking of was an additional fee regardless of what platform you used to access Patreon.

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I remember cause my Patreon account asked me what I wanted to do about apple trying to steal my money

p.s. I never push Patreon so have no subs lol