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submitted 2 weeks ago by Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] dan@upvote.au 212 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (57 children)

Why does Apple feel they deserve a 30% cut? In cases like this, Apple aren't providing any value at all.

Apple aren't providing the content - the creator is.
Apple aren't providing a platform for the content - Patreon is.
Apple aren't providing a platform for discovery - people aren't finding Patreon creators solely via Apple products.

Sure, Apple are providing a payments platform, but why do they deserve 10x what Stripe charges?

[–] hayvan@piefed.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Deserving is irrelevant under Capitalism. It's only whether they can get away with it or not?

[–] willington@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And fixing this problem is going to require a similar attitude from the people tired of this.

We need to rep our interests as ruthlessly and as sophisticatedly as our enemies.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 1 points 2 weeks ago

We have a winner

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