Patreon will use Apple's in-app purchase system before the end of the year.
  • sundrayEnglish
    39·
    29 days ago

    Hold up (fta):

    By this November, all creators can only offer a subscription-based plan on iOS as the app store doesn’t support other formats, such as first-of-the-month or per-creation plans. As a result, Patreon is rolling out a 16-month-long migration process that will shift all memberships to subscriptions by November 2025. At that point, subscription-based plans will be the only option available, unfortunately proving Apple’s far-reaching power.

    I’m unclear on what this means: is Patreon eliminating first-of-the-month and per-creation plans on ALL platforms? Or just on Apple platforms?

    • Ricky Rigatoni@lemm.eeEnglish
      321·
      28 days ago

      THIS is why we hate Apple. Their bullshit affects EVERYONE. There is no “don’t like it don’t use it” with these people.

    • Manalith@midwest.socialEnglish
      13·
      28 days ago

      Seems like it’s a backend change and they’re removing per creation entirely. Got an email from one of the creators I follow about getting suggestions on how to restructure their tiers for the new system. My guess is it would be tricky to setup a way to have creators do android/web tiers and apple tiers, not to mention confusing. And of course they can’t just pull a Spotify and have a pop-up that says ‘sorry you must use the web to subscribe’ on iPhones.

        • ulterno@lemmy.kde.socialEnglish
          03·
          27 days ago

          Hmm. Maybe they were finding it hard to manage and just found the perfect excuse.

          Maybe they are planning on starting subscription scams like other companies.

          Who knows. I just know to stay away from automated payments.