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kon mute @MindmeshLink@tenforward.socialapparently patreon would rather fuck with creator finances than give up having an iOS app
https://news.patreon.com/articles/understanding-apple-requirements-for-patreon
Apple’s requirements to hit creators and fans on PatreonApple’s requirements to hit creators and fans on PatreonApple requires that Patreon switch to their iOS in-app purchase system, or risk being removed from the App Store. Here’s what’s creators need to know.
a removal of per-creation billing AND first-of-the-month billing is the big thing here
pages will charge cards based on when they sub in the month rather than on the first of the month, or when the creator releases a creation
so basically "hey upend your business model because apple? okay?"
they were already trying to phase these things out (by adding an opt-in to subscription model, but it's irreversible) so i wonder how much they were betting on exactly this happening
@MindmeshLink what in the ever-hating capitalistic fuck...