Ya a few apps already do this. YouTube premium does for sure and I have heard a few others doing so.
Comment on Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut From All Patreon Creators in iOS App
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 6 hours agoLast time this came up Patreon simply allowed the creators to charge the commission directly on top of the price for non apple users, or eat the 30% loss. So everyone not using iOS would pay, say, $5/month, iOS users would pay $5+30%. Hope they retain that option.
ComradeRachel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 hours ago
FireWire400@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
That’s actually a good solution
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 hours 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.
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 5 hours 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
applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 hour ago
Your math is wrong. If you want the creator to still get $5 with apple stealing 30% you would need to pay ~43% extra.
$5/0.7 = $7.14
1/0.7 = 1.42857
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 59 minutes ago
I don’t remember the math, there was a button to charge apple users more so we got what we were supposed to