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Apple comes under fire for Patreon commission; ‘degrading its brand’

Apple is coming under fire for its decision to charge a 30% commission on Patreon subscriptions, which will either see...

Although the company does allow an exemption for optional gifts made by users, that applies only when 100% of the sum goes direct to the recipient, which isn’t the case with Patreon. Back in 2021, the company’s CEO denied that it had a special deal with Apple, and suggested that the exemption was because the actual content is not provided through Patreon – the platform is only a means of allowing payments to be made. It’s one thing when Apple tries to get money from Amazon or Netflix, but Patreon creators are largely independent writers, artists, musicians, podcasters […] trying to make a little extra scratch doing something they love or simply need to do to get by.

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