Comment on Patreon: adding Apple’s 30 percent tax is the price of staying in the App Store
Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoApple takes a 30% cut from almost all transactions made within all apps installed from the App Store (which is literally all of them) and you’re not allowed to advertise e.g. a website to avoid the tax. Patreon rightly passes the 30% onto consumers, as should all apps. Regardless of their own bad practices, Apple needs to be held accountable.
Scrollone@feddit.it 5 weeks ago
Unless you’re selling physical goods (e.g. Amazon or eBay)
Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Thank you for the clarification, as I said, there are exceptions which are few and far between for the rule, with this being a huge carveout I missed - selling physical goods is exempt.
But if you want to pay for in-game goods (subscriptions, gems, skins, whatever) or an app outright Apple takes 30%. I know they charge Netflix the 30% for their subscriptions, but wonder about e.g. tickets/passes for transit.
Scrollone@feddit.it 5 weeks ago
No, tickets and passes for transit or events are exempt (I know it because I work in the industry). Unless they’re tickets for digital events (such as remote workshops), in that case you should pay the 30% fee.
Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Gee, thanks!