Comment on Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App

• tabular@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  An app you can only get via the Apple store, mandated by Apple?

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  • ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You can make the subscription through the website on the phone just as well and not pay the cut to apple.

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  • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Most likely the app exists just because people don’t know how to type patreon.com into the browser anymore

    Full functionality is available on the web AFAIK. And if you subscribe on the web, there’s no Apple cut, but you can still use the app to see said content.

    It’s an inconvenience, but a super easy one to get past and not exclusive to Patreon so a trick any Apple users should know anyway if they enjoy paying subscriptions for things (Netflix, Spotify, whatever)

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    • tabular@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I too assume the Patreon App doesn’t do anything that cannot be done on their web page. I can imagine there good dev reasons but also bad incentives to make it an app.

      I am biased against Apple as I like being the on in control of my hardware/software… but is it a stretch to say Apple influence their users to use apps instead of webpages (so they can rentseek a cut)?

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      • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Your opinion of Apple is generally valid, but as an Apple user for the last few years, I’ve never actually seen Apple push me to install an app. It’s always the website itself saying “it’s even better in the app!” or something.

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  • Dojan@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah. But why would you use the app? I personally didn’t know there even was an app.

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    • tabular@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Maybe it offers something better than on whatever web browser Apple mandates, or maybe no reason but user preference.

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      • Dojan@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There’s no way that the Patreon app isn’t more than a dolled up web view. If people make stupid decisions I guess the fallout is on them.

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      • dan@upvote.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        PWAs aren’t great on iPhone… They intentionally limit some functionality to push people towards the App Store.

        Some people want everything as apps for some reason.

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