To keep their growth rates going, these mega companies soon need to swallow the whole country’s GDP. I really wonder where this is going. They can’t keep growing at some point.
Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app
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#232How long until they make the argument that they're entitled to 30% of your salary because you use Apple hardware to do your work?
They must be looking at the revenue Claude Code is making on Mac and thinking “Why aren’t we getting 30% of that?”
Wouldn’t be surprised if macOS starts locking down CLI tools towards an App Store model too.
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#233You can be the patron of a creator and Apple in the same time! Jokes aside, this is awful...I like/use Apple products but this unacceptable, I hope everyone dodges this and pays through the website
Another outstanding decision vetted by Tim Cook. In all seriousness, finance people see everything through the lens of margins and money primarily. Since any company's function is to deliver value to its shareholders, if allowed, bean counters will scorch the earth for it. Ultimately, this is at odds on how Jobs approached things, i.e., money was not the end all be all.
Jobs was a greedy bastard like all the other CEOs. The difference is that he also had mostly good taste as far as products go.
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#234Just stop publishing the app, not every little thing needs an app. What the use for the app anyway? Notifications and apple pay?
Apps are more sticky. Users forget about websites more easily
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#235Earlier quoted context omitted.
I feel like it would definitely be weird. But Patreon does have a web version but I am not sure how many people prefer web sites in Apple ecosystem especially on Ios so I do find the whole thing to be a bit weird because this ~30% cut essentially seems to rip off of creators in some sense.
It rips off everyone . Epic Games went to federal court over this with Apple like 40 fuckin times - a related fun read for you.
I’d be cheering on Epic Games if they were going after Sony and Nintendo with equal fervour. Personally, I don’t see why any developer should be allowed free rein on anyone else’s platform when it comes to the selling of games and virtual hats.
Personally I think Apple should have two pricing tiers: one for interactive entertainment, and one for everything else. For interactive entertainment, a flat 30% on everything. For everything else, Apple lowers their margin to cover transaction costs only (in the realm of 5-10%).
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#236I assume this is only for purchases made using the app, right?
Otherwise it just wouldn't make sense. Google gets a cut of all revenue, Apple gets a cut of all revenue, x, y, z, ... there would be nothing left over.
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#237> "According to TechCrunch, only 4% of Patreon creators are still using the platform's legacy billing system, with the rest having already switched over."
The very last line of the article.
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#238Just stop publishing the app, not every little thing needs an app. What the use for the app anyway? Notifications and apple pay?
I use the app for its native podcast integration. The RSS URL also works but I have yet to find a decent RSS client that will synchronise progress across devices well.
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#239Re: Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app
#240What are you going to do about it? Use Android?
Half of the apps on the app store can easily be replaced by a PWA that works on iOS and Android.