Eniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Aug 12, 2024

so uh, if youre subscribed to my patreon, and you did it through an apple device, you may wanna cancel and resubscribe via android or the patreon website because apparently apple is just gonna start taking 30% of the money you wanted me to have come november

this also goes for any other creators you may be supporting

EDIT: apparently this only affects new subscriptions and not preexisting ones? for now, anyway 😒

Show threadGiles GoatAug 12, 2024
@eniko IS THAT LEGAL ??!! How can Apple "take a cut FROM Patreon 'because you subscribed from an apple device' "! ??? .. Or it's because the effective payment happens via some Apple Payment method so they charge 30% for that ?? Can they ? I can't believe there's not some EU regulation saying 'they can't do that' ? .. So they are not 'taking from Patreon' but they are charging you 30% because you pay "Via Apple Device" ?? That's a HUGE percentage !! I still wonder "is that legal" ???!!
Show threadRic

@gilesgoat @eniko I haven't looked into this specifically, but in general Android and Apple have both required that if you make an app that supports taking payments, you have to do it via that platform's app store payments API, and they've always taken a percentage of those. It's basically just the IAP mechanic and subject to the same cut they take from app sales.

Apple were recently told off for this though, as part of that whole Fortnite saga. Resulting in this...

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/9/24216181/apple-eu-app-store-services-fee-external-links

Apple adds nearly endless 20 percent fee for developers in latest EU update

Apple will now allow developers in the EU to include links to outside purchases, as long as they pay two new fees that apply to purchases across “any” platform.

The Verge
Aug 12, 2024 at 6:48pmWeb