Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app

Post by moogly » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC

Noaidi wrote: post #83

pixl97 wrote: post #74

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Yea, that won't do much. How about convict Apple of monopoly practices.

I really don’t understand this attitude. Of course it will. If enough people do it. This is how corporations change not through protest and we’re certainly not going to get any antimonopoly anything going on soon. They make literally about 40% of their profit off of Apple services. Do you really think if people on mass stopped buying Apple TV, Apple Pay, Apple Music, an iCloud, they wouldn’t care? https://www.apple.c…

Post by epolanski » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC

mort96 wrote: post #36

thisislife2 wrote: post #26

I call this the Apple "idiot tax" - 'cos you have to be an idiot in letting Apple exploit you (the developer and the user) this brazenly.

This is counterproductive. The only alternative to letting Apple exploit you is letting Google exploit you. There are differences, Google is somewhat better on this specific point, but there's enough things Google is worse at (such as privacy) that choosing Google isn't exactly without downsides. Your mindset results in Apple users thinking "the problem is those stupid Android idiots who accept being in an ad tech co…

Post by johnnyanmac » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC

anonymous908213 wrote: post #97

tokioyoyo wrote: post #80

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Honestly… if we implemented $0.01 charge on every message, post and etc. the world would become an amazing place.

1. This would not deter bad actors in any way, spammers already have no issue paying for junk mail. An 0.01 cost means nothing if the action they're taking generates more than 0.01 for them (it generally does). In fact this essentially incentivizes bad actors; you get punished for not profiting off your messages, so people would be more inclined to find ways to monetize their posts. 2. The costs for this would be rid…

Post by Waterluvian » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 11:40 PM UTC

aykutcan wrote: post #112

Waterluvian wrote: post #81

I think I’m old enough to have experienced this cycle so many times with so many businesses that I just feel kind of silly to hate on Apple or Microsoft or whoever. They’re all just maximizing profits as designed. I think people find it easier to scowl at the villain du jour than to dig into the deep complex issue of when capitalism doesn’t work, when the government isn’t doing enough, and what we could do about it……

You don’t need to solve the problems of capitalism to call bullshit bullshit. Saying “companies maximize profits” doesn’t magically make the behavior acceptable and when Apple does this, it’s not just “the market at work,” it’s the use of market power.

Post by barbazoo » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 11:40 PM UTC

tokioyoyo wrote: post #80

Noaidi wrote: post #65

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A nickel for each iMessage…

Honestly… if we implemented $0.01 charge on every message, post and etc. the world would become an amazing place.