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Aah, more #AppleTax. Thanks so much...

'Apple is requiring that Patreon use their in-app purchasing system and remove all other billing systems from the Patreon iOS app by November 2024. This means that starting in November, new memberships purchased in the iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% App Store fee.'

Source: news.patreon.com/articles/unde…


Apple’s requirements to hit creators and fans on Patreon

Apple requires that Patreon switch to their iOS in-app purchase system, or risk being removed from the App Store. Here’s what’s creators need to know.
Apple’s requirements to hit creators and fans on Patreon
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in reply to Andre Louis

simon.old
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The clear solution here is for Patreon to just discontinue in-app memberships and have a message that says "you cannot subscribe using the app, sorry!" It's absolutely reprehensible for Apple to try and take a 30% cut of money that is intended to go straight to creators, but Patreon should not enable them either, even if making that change creates a worse user experience. Apple refuses to even allow app developers to tell their users about the 30%, so the only way to win here is to just cut Apple off at the knees.
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Mikołaj Hołysz
Mikołaj Hołysz
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They're most likely not allowed to, mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmi…

Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social)

"Patreon is home to an incredible range of creators, all with unique circumstances and billing needs. Apple’s in-app purchase system, on the other hand, only supports Patreon’s subscription billing model.
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x0
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@miki @simon Wait a minute, didn't I hear recently about them being forced, probably by the EU, to allow letting you purchase on websites? Could ahve sworn there was some kind of recent change to the billing model to allow third-party purchases via websites, though not in-app.
@Mikołaj Hołysz @simon.old
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Mikołaj Hołysz
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@x0 @simon In most places, you still have to pay the fee (sans payment processing costs), even if you do that. It was something like 27% if I remember correctly.

It's not collected automatically, and Apple has the right to audit your records if you apply for that entitlement.

@simon.old @x0
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