Comment on Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 10 hours agoThey provide the payment system. They also mandate it.
If you subscribe on the website you don’t have to pay the extra. It’s only for subscriptions initiated via the app
tabular@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
An app you can only get via the Apple store, mandated by Apple?
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
You can make the subscription through the website on the phone just as well and not pay the cut to apple.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 5 hours 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)
tabular@lemmy.world 2 hours 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)?
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 6 minutes 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.
Dojan@pawb.social 9 hours ago
Yeah. But why would you use the app? I personally didn’t know there even was an app.
tabular@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Maybe it offers something better than on whatever web browser Apple mandates, or maybe no reason but user preference.
Dojan@pawb.social 9 hours 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.