In the interest of an abundance of safety , the Macalope believe it ’s time to keep out down the App Store until we can figure out what ’s going on .
It is the yr 2024 . TheBell Riotsare almost upon us , everyone is wearingdouble ties , the App Store is 15 old age old and Apple is still seek to squelch every last dime out of it it can .
“ Patreon warns God Almighty : Get ready to compensate Apple ’s 30 % revenue enhancement “
Do n’t have your kids open a lemonade stand in Cupertino . Just … do n’t .
So it ’s taking more money . Maybe it ’s providing more note value ! Haha , no . In fact , it ’s actively messing things up for those using the platform , whether they worry about Patreon ’s iOS app or not .
Any creator currently on first - of - the - month or per - creation billing plans will have to switch over to subscription billing to keep earning in the iOS app , because that ’s the only charge type Apple ’s in - app purchase system back up .
Apple is providingnegativevalue and then taking a larger cut . Sure , it is supply access to its platform , but it ’s forcing Almighty into financial backing model that work for Apple , not inevitably for them . A set of creators create thing when they have the clock time to create them , not on some pre - outlined schedule . Apple ’s obsession with subscription - establish revenue , however , something that lets it level out its quarterly results , is now having a criticise - on effect on other platforms , circularize like a service gross venereal disease .
Patreon is also not entirely without blame here asit also seems to need to push creators to subscriptions . It could remain to offer other payment option and an choice for some Creator to just not come along in the Io app , but it ’s not doing that , possibly because iOS is just that significant to them as a revenue number one wood .
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permit ’s intermit to remember who is who here , though , because it ’s one affair when Apple attempt to get money from Amazon or Netflix , but Patreon Creator are for the most part independent author , creative person , musician , podcasters , and , yeah , sure , some nudists , who are trying to make a little extra scratch doing something they roll in the hay or simply need to do to get by . Apple , by way of life of dividing line , is the rich caller in the creation .
You see the remainder ? Sure you do . Because it could not be more stark .
Subscription manic disorder is the recent effort to revive the glory mean solar day of medieval serfdom , how corporations from Apple to Netflix to Patreon can tithe us monthly , raising the charge per unit on a notion no matter of the economical environs . subscription go up , wages not so much . The divergence with vassalage , of course , is that you’re able to usually scratch a subscription without pass away on the political campaign across 13th - century England pursued by the hounds of Sheriff Hugh de Toothgap . Not even demise could cancel serfhood .
The Macalope probably should n’t bring that up . The next thing you know company will insist your heirs pick up your subscription when you pass away .
