▲ 951 ▼ Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App (www.macrumors.com) submitted 7 months ago by Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 307 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/59469059
[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (4 children) That's actually a good solution permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 20 points 7 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months 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 permalink fedilink source parent [–] other_cat@piefed.zip 1 point 7 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 20 points 7 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] other_cat@piefed.zip 1 point 7 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent