Steve Troughton-SmithAug 12, 2024
If Apple isn't stopped, there will come a point where Apple slaps a 30% tax on all VISA transactions made on iOS (unless you use Apple Pay, of course!)
Show threadJohn GruberAug 14, 2024

@stroughtonsmith Meaning in Safari? That’s silly.

There’s so much about Apple’s expansive view of the App Store to disagree with, but they’ve been remarkably consistent. Digital content sold through native apps. They’re happy to keep their hands off the web and they’ve never even hinted at wanting any cut of payments for non-digital goods or services.

Show threadDan WinemanAug 14, 2024

@gruber @stroughtonsmith Here are some examples of rewards I get from my Patreon memberships:

• Discounts when purchasing items from other websites

• Access to send in questions that might be read in a future podcast interview

• Print editions of mini-comics

• “Feelies” (physical souvenirs to accompany digital media, sent by mail)

• My name in the credits of a YouTube video

• Nothing at all

In what world is any of this governed by “digital content”?

Show threadJohn GruberAug 14, 2024
@dwineman @stroughtonsmith None of this makes sense, which I suspect is why Patreon was allowed to exist in an unofficial gray zone for so long.
Show threadDan Wineman

@gruber @stroughtonsmith It makes sense from one perspective: extortion. Patreon would never have entered the app store in the first place under these terms, but now that they’re established and it’s much harder for them to leave, Apple feels free to alter the bargain.

It’s not inconsistency or caprice; it’s the deliberate fattening and slaughter of a competing business. Mafia shit. And with the Google money going away soon, we will see more of it.

Aug 16, 2024 at 8:35pmWeb