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Patreon and iOS (Important)
a year ago
For those who support any creators on Patreon (furry or otherwise), you have likely received a notification. But if not, then please be aware that at some point your payments to those artists could rise by 30% if you use the Patreon app on an iPhone.
This, of course, is because of Apple wanting their cut of anything that gets sold through their walled garden. Creators have the option of absorbing the cost, or let Patreon raise their payments by said 30%. This can be avoided if you make payments through the web, or use the app through Android. (If Google decides to follow suit, I would not be surprised either.) Patreon cannot direct users of their iPhone app to do this, or else they will be banned from the Apple store. But us creators can, and thus I'm writing this.
I don't know and can't speak about other creators, but personally I am NOT letting the folks in Cupertino take a single pence of what little I make (I'm still sour after how badly they treated me as an Apple IIGS user) so I have chosen not to absorb the cost. To my subscribers, please use a web browser from now on for your payments if you own an iPhone (and hopefully not Safari in an iPhone as who knows if that could also incur the surcharge).
And a link to inform people -- https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-u.....-work-for-fans
This, of course, is because of Apple wanting their cut of anything that gets sold through their walled garden. Creators have the option of absorbing the cost, or let Patreon raise their payments by said 30%. This can be avoided if you make payments through the web, or use the app through Android. (If Google decides to follow suit, I would not be surprised either.) Patreon cannot direct users of their iPhone app to do this, or else they will be banned from the Apple store. But us creators can, and thus I'm writing this.
I don't know and can't speak about other creators, but personally I am NOT letting the folks in Cupertino take a single pence of what little I make (I'm still sour after how badly they treated me as an Apple IIGS user) so I have chosen not to absorb the cost. To my subscribers, please use a web browser from now on for your payments if you own an iPhone (and hopefully not Safari in an iPhone as who knows if that could also incur the surcharge).
And a link to inform people -- https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-u.....-work-for-fans
There's nothing stopping you adding your pledge on the website, and then using the iOS app from that point on to access Patreon. It's just the actual pledge that is affected - doing it through the iOS app will incur a 30% surcharge.
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