People in the comments are right so far that this could be just a website, but I think we can turn that around and say that Apple is not providing any services that the developers of Fanhouse really need or want. They just want to be on the store, and all the services and APIs Apple provides aren't really features as long as developers are forced to use them.
Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give 30% of creator earning
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They draw a line between digital and physical purchases.
They don't force Netflix to pay them 30% either. The reality is they take 30% where they can overpower the other party. Where they are overpowered, they acquiesce.
This is because Netflix, knowing Apple would take 30%, does not allow you to sign up via an iPhone app. Apple takes 30% if you sign up via iPhone, not if you sign up via web and then use the iPhone app.
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This. She is operating a platform for creators…that is literally what the AppStore is. She knew the rules when she started playing this game, and wants to appeal to emotions and hyperbole like this is an issue between “life and death”. Why does she get to keep 10%? It’s arbitrary. What if I want to start an app that helps creators manage their Fanhouse content? Should I ask Fanhouse for a cut of their fees so that I…
> She knew the rules when she started playing this game Knowing the situation is not the same as accepting it. Just because I know a couple of large actors control the market does not mean I have to accept the situation.
If you engage with those actors accepting the terms that is exactly what it means.
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#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
They don't force Netflix to pay them 30% either. The reality is they take 30% where they can overpower the other party. Where they are overpowered, they acquiesce.
They also drew a line between in app and non in app transactions.
They did not just draw a line; they gerrymandered a line so Netflix would not leave App Store and Apple would not lose its income from smaller players while pretending it is a fair line in the sand. Even Marco Arment has commented on the ridiculousness of the complexity of the line. I highly recommend reading the link below.
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#106Seems pretty disingenuous given they had to have known this would happen (note that OnlyFans has no app)
This is exactly what I'm thinking. I'm kind of exasperated with all of these apps / developers who know what they're getting into when they create developer accounts with Apple, go through all of the hard work and expense of developing apps for the App Store only to whine and tweet histrionics about how they don't like the rules after the fact. If you want total freedom to do whatever the hell you want, there's a pla…
Hey! Don't forget about Linux! :)
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#107The antitrust case against Apple is so overdue it's embarrassing.
What I don't get is people who defend it. Imagine Microsoft taking 30% of every purchase you make online because you used their OS to get there. Then would the defenders admit it's an obvious abuse of a monopoly? What makes it different for Apple?
Re: Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give 30% of creator earning
#108Per https://fanhouse.app/ , "Fanhouse is the place where creators can monetize their social media personalities by posting freely about their lives, like a finsta, close friends story, or private alt, while connecting and engaging with their top fans." So they built a platform, where they take some cut for themselves, while allowing other people to sell some digital contents on their platform. Apple built a platform,…
This. She is operating a platform for creators…that is literally what the AppStore is. She knew the rules when she started playing this game, and wants to appeal to emotions and hyperbole like this is an issue between “life and death”. Why does she get to keep 10%? It’s arbitrary. What if I want to start an app that helps creators manage their Fanhouse content? Should I ask Fanhouse for a cut of their fees so that I…
Apple is a mega-monopoly that has captured 50% of Americans that use computers, and then installed taxation in front of all of it.
Businesses can't business anymore. It is beyond unhealthy for startups.
It's all a scam. All a ruse. And we're all victims.
Computing was never like this before Steve Jobs decided to ban literally everything and force people to live within his death star.
I can't believe how many folks within our industry are fine with this! You owe your career to free and open computing. As does Apple. They've just managed to gaslight us for so long that we're apologizing for the horrible things they do.
Break up Apple or allow people to install directly from the web. Don't let Apple enforce their payment rails.
They have enough goddamned money.
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#109How timely for Instagram’s CEO to say the quiet part out loud and announce that they’ll be helping content creators to get around Apple’s 30% cut today:
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/09/instagram-ceo-facebook-will-...
I think Zuckerberg was right when he said Apple’s practices have ultimately benefited Facebook in eliminating any competition.
Re: Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give 30% of creator earning
#110The antitrust case against Apple is so overdue it's embarrassing. What I don't get is people who defend it. Imagine Microsoft taking 30% of every purchase you make online because you used their OS to get there. Then would the defenders admit it's an obvious abuse of a monopoly? What makes it different for Apple?
Apple doesn't have a monopoly on any market.