Tim BrayAug 12, 2024

This is gross, and further confirms Apple’s transition from innovation to rent-seeking, but there is a good solution: Stop having an app. Patreon would work just fine as a web site, no?

https://mas.to/@carnage4life/112950113668058280

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Dare Obasanjo (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Apple has informed Patreon that it will be kicked out of the App Store unless it pays the 30% tax for all donations. Patreon has started a migration process that will take until November 2025 to transition all creators to the Apple billing system and making less money. https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/12/apple-says-patreon-must-switch-to-its-billing-system-or-risk-removal-from-app-store/

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Show threadjwzAug 12, 2024
@timbray Do not let Patreon off the hook on this. This is their decision.
Show threadJeff AtwoodAug 12, 2024
@jwz @timbray I can't see how "stop having an iOS app" is letting them off the hook?
Show threadjwzAug 12, 2024
@codinghorror @timbray Patreon decided that not having an iOS app was so unacceptable that they're fucking over their customers instead. This is as much Patreon behaving badly as it is Apple behaving badly.
Show threadJeff AtwoodAug 12, 2024
@jwz @timbray how many bigcos intentionally forgo an iOS app, though? Like who could you point to that has done this before?
Show threadUberbrady
@codinghorror @jwz @timbray Shortcut.com (formerly 'clubhouse’) used to have a web app and just gave up on it, now just does web views. Kinda crappy on the phone, but the app wasn't ever very good. Prolly VC-funded, not sure?
Aug 12, 2024 at 7:35pmWeb