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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
I don’t remember the math, there was a button to charge apple users more so we got what we were supposed to
FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s actually a good solution
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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
scarabic@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 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.
other_cat@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
Not that good, the backlash was immense and if I remember right, people were dropping patreon subs over it.