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Re: Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon

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Or drop the app. And explain to everybody why you're doing this Patreon works fine in a web browser.

And watch loads of creators lose a good portion of their livelihood and leave the platform?

One could create a web app based Pateron and use the web based push notifications. https://imgur.com/a/JccxAIs for the process for how to do this on an iPhone.

The challenge (as always) is accessibility and discoverability. The functionality is all there.

Re: Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon

#182
post #131

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If you're able, my artist friend has had a lot of success running their own site and doing their own payments through PayPal.

Am I misunderstanding, that PayPal can workaround Apple's payment rules which Patreon is complying with?

think p2p transactions are exempt - apple doesn’t get 30% of my venmo or zelle.

no clue why patreon doesn’t count though

Re: Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon

#183

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Do we know whether or not iOS's subscription model supports pausing? I guess I assume Patreon would mention if it didn't.

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... if that is supported by Apple. Apple subscriptions aren't triggered.

Re: Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon

#184

What advantage does the Patreon app offer to iOS users that the Patreon website is unable to offer? Why does Patreon even need an app?

iOS is the most-used platform for Patreon, according to the CEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-LoTH3PzgM (0:57)

Re: Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon

#186
post #131

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If you're able, my artist friend has had a lot of success running their own site and doing their own payments through PayPal.

Am I misunderstanding, that PayPal can workaround Apple's payment rules which Patreon is complying with?

It seems this bypasses both Patreon and Apple.

Re: Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon

#187

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do you think that they can switch their customers platform? this comment doesn't make any sense at all.

Does the app give any benefit over the web? Asking customers to use the browser over the dedicated app doesn’t seem unreasonable.

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Re: Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon

#188
This is the most shocking part to me:

> Apple has also made clear that if creators on Patreon […] disable transactions in the iOS app, we will be at risk of having the entire app removed from their App Store.

Absolutely astounding that removing transactions from the platform could result in being removed.

Re: Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans on Patreon

#190

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Apple doesn't charge 30% for physical good sold through apps on ios.

The point is that since they keep broadening what they do want 30% of, we expect the next thing they'll do is removing the exception for physical goods.

It's always been 30% for virtual goods; definition hasn't broadened.
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