Why would anyone use Patreon’s app?
Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app
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#192Why would anyone use Patreon’s app?
Why would you think reality shows so many people using patreon app?
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#193I thought that already happened :) But from past threads in a Linux Forum, seems this only applies to people using the Apple IOS App for Patreon. Not sure if using Apple Laptops. But if you use Patreon's WEB Site directly, the fee cannot be collected by Apple. That was my take anyways.
> But if you use Patreon's WEB Site directly, the fee cannot be collected by Apple.
Yet. Apple forces a specific browser engine on all apps, so they have the means to block patreon website too.
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This was a result of the Apple vs Epic case, external payment processors avoiding the fee were enabled in the US in May 2025.
If it was enabled, why can Apple still demand 30% cut here? Couldn’t Patreon just switch to external payment processors citing the Epic case?
_in the US_
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#195Why would anyone use Patreon’s app?
What a weird comment lol. You can write a bot asking "why would anyone use (the product mentioned in title)" to every HN thread. That's how much it contributes to the discussion.
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I've yet to encounter one in the US, but I suppose that would make me install it.
Which banks do you use? I’m looking to switch away from Chase (which does this). It’s a surprisingly hard thing to search for online…
My chase only allows sms or call 2fa. Wish they would add passkeys or other options
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I've yet to encounter one in the US, but I suppose that would make me install it.
Which banks do you use? I’m looking to switch away from Chase (which does this). It’s a surprisingly hard thing to search for online…
They're all going to move that way - it's sort of fundamental to PassKey. It can be done with just a laptop and their built in hardware but I suspect that since everybody has a mobile phone the UX will be built around that more often than not.
I quite like it though. At one of my banks I don't even use a password. My browser has the right material (from a prior authn) and then it pushes a validation request to my phone and with FaceID I'm in.
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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.
This was Bill Gates' idea with regard to a bit-tax, and goes someway to explaining why Microsoft initially didn't believe the internet would take off (and tried to push their own MSN walled garden as an alternative).
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Apple also includes a web browser on iOS, but forces every other browser you can install to use their browser engine. It's one of the many reasons they are being sued by the DOJ for anti-competitive practices. Apple also sits on a board that approves new web technologies for standards formalization, so they can squash adoption of anything that might make web browser APIs as capable as a native application, so that th…
Starts to make a lot of sense why Tim Cook is out there ruining his image for the sake of some favors.
I believe he'd be doing that regardless of the DOJ suit. Tariffs are another issue he is dealing with. Apple likes money, and will do practically anything to secure more of it.