(This is all from a U.S.-based perspective; I know there are other places like the EU where it’s slightly less terrible) Honestly, it’s not surprising that Apple is trying again. I understand why...
(This is all from a U.S.-based perspective; I know there are other places like the EU where it’s slightly less terrible)
Honestly, it’s not surprising that Apple is trying again. I understand why Apple feels they are entitled to 30% of anyone who touches an iPhone’s money (they’re wrong and they aren’t), but they are just burning so much good will in their quest to increase that all important services revenue.
I know regular, non-tech people who complain that things are more expensive on the App Store. And quite a few who go out of their way to subscribe directly on the web or to a creator so they can make sure more of the money actually goes to the people doing the things they want to support and not a trillion dollar corporation.
I guess a few extra billion is worth pissing your customers off. Where else are they gonna go? Android, which has the same problem?
I'm not sure if it really pisses customers off, though. I mean, I agree that Apple is being gross and monopolistic. But I actually love paying for things through Apple because they put all my...
pissing your customers off.
I'm not sure if it really pisses customers off, though. I mean, I agree that Apple is being gross and monopolistic. But I actually love paying for things through Apple because they put all my subscriptions in one place and remind me before they renew so I remember to cancel the ones I don't want any more (especially since companies push you toward annual subscriptions these days). I can also cancel anything from one screen without navigating a labyrinth for each individual service I want to cancel.
If the government regulated these things more tightly and required companies to make it easy to cancel, and alert you before renewal, then Apple would have less power because we wouldn't "need" a monopolist to act as the regulator.
Foolish. I’m sure there’s legal/marketing/accounting teams with good reasons, but “per output “ billing is a very smart part of Patreon and nuking that is only to their eventual detriment
Foolish. I’m sure there’s legal/marketing/accounting teams with good reasons, but “per output “ billing is a very smart part of Patreon and nuking that is only to their eventual detriment
“We strongly disagree with this decision,” Patreon said in the announcement blog. “Creators need consistency and clarity in order to build healthy, long-term businesses. Instead, creators using legacy billing will now have to endure the whiplash of another policy reversal – the third such change from Apple in the past 18 months.”
(This is all from a U.S.-based perspective; I know there are other places like the EU where it’s slightly less terrible)
Honestly, it’s not surprising that Apple is trying again. I understand why Apple feels they are entitled to 30% of anyone who touches an iPhone’s money (they’re wrong and they aren’t), but they are just burning so much good will in their quest to increase that all important services revenue.
I know regular, non-tech people who complain that things are more expensive on the App Store. And quite a few who go out of their way to subscribe directly on the web or to a creator so they can make sure more of the money actually goes to the people doing the things they want to support and not a trillion dollar corporation.
I guess a few extra billion is worth pissing your customers off. Where else are they gonna go? Android, which has the same problem?
I'm not sure if it really pisses customers off, though. I mean, I agree that Apple is being gross and monopolistic. But I actually love paying for things through Apple because they put all my subscriptions in one place and remind me before they renew so I remember to cancel the ones I don't want any more (especially since companies push you toward annual subscriptions these days). I can also cancel anything from one screen without navigating a labyrinth for each individual service I want to cancel.
If the government regulated these things more tightly and required companies to make it easy to cancel, and alert you before renewal, then Apple would have less power because we wouldn't "need" a monopolist to act as the regulator.
Foolish. I’m sure there’s legal/marketing/accounting teams with good reasons, but “per output “ billing is a very smart part of Patreon and nuking that is only to their eventual detriment
Somehow I don’t think this is patreon’s decision
Oh I know it's not. It's stated as such. It's just unfortunate because it's going to affect everyone involved.
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