Craig HockenberryAug 12, 2024

When you start seeking rent on the livelihood of artists, I don’t think you get to claim you work at the intersection of Technology and Liberal Arts anymore.

https://news.patreon.com/articles/understanding-apple-requirements-for-patreon

Apple’s requirements to hit creators and fans on Patreon

Apple requires that Patreon switch to their iOS in-app purchase system, or risk being removed from the App Store. Here’s what’s creators need to know.

Apple’s requirements to hit creators and fans on Patreon
Show threadMaybeMyMonkeysAug 12, 2024
@chockenberry easy. Stop using the app and hit Apple in the wallet.
Show threadMartin SeegerAug 12, 2024
@MaybeMyMonkeys @chockenberry You can use the app, but make all new subscriptions from a browser. Not a cent goes to Apple that way. I do that all the time.
Show threadCraig Hockenberry
@masek @MaybeMyMonkeys Yeah, the thing that sucks from the creator side is that you can't recommend that to people. There can be no mention of alternate payment methods in the App Store.
Aug 12, 2024 at 5:38pmIvory for Mac
Show threadMartin SeegerAug 12, 2024

@chockenberry @MaybeMyMonkeys If you address your European Union patreons, Apple can’t do shit. Apple has been slapped before for trying to discourage that.

So start a post “For my European patrons”. Describe it in detail.

If some U.S. patreons reads it too, it’s not your fault.