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Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give 30% of creator earning

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Re: Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give 30% of creator earning

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Seriously curious, what percentage is “fair”? Or is the issue you can’t side load this app without going through the App Store?

If Apple wants to play gatekeeper, no percentage IMO unless they're using Apple's payment network which should be competitive with others like stripe at 3% or so.

In this case they actually are willing to pay Apple, just 30% of their revenue which is 10% of the transaction price but Apple wants 30% of the transaction price.

Re: Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give 30% of creator earning

#5
This will keep happening as long as people keep agreeing to Apple's terms and building on their platform. I wouldn't touch Apple's platform with a 10 foot pole. Nothing here is new. It's getting harder to sympathise with developers who keep doing it.

Re: Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give 30% of creator earning

#7

Possible misleading title. Apple wants 30% of earnings, not “creator” earnings.

Possibly misleading comment. Did you read the tweet thread? Apple is demanding 30% of all transactions sourced from an Apple device.

Re: Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give 30% of creator earning

#8

Possible misleading title. Apple wants 30% of earnings, not “creator” earnings.

> Possible misleading title. Apple wants 30% of earnings, not “creator” earnings.

"In writing and over the phone, we explained to Apple that we could pay them 30% of our revenues (from our 10% take rate). It'll be harder to cover costs and build features as a startup, but at least it'd be coming from us. Apple insisted on taking 30% of creators' total earnings."

Re: Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give 30% of creator earning

#10

Possible misleading title. Apple wants 30% of earnings, not “creator” earnings.

This is being pedantic to the point of being wrong.

Because of the nature of the app, the earnings in-app, which Apple wants, are creator earnings.

Your suggested title would be less specific to the point of being flat out wrong if Fanhouse makes earnings elsewhere... which they do.

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