Guess it's as good a place as ever to remind everyone who uses Patreon that if you are subscribing through Patreon app on iOS that prices are going up in Sept by 50-60% and if you want to save money go through the actual website. This is Apple charging more not Patreon.

Edit: Apple is forcing Patreon to abide by the 30% Apple store fee this going through Patreon App on iOS will increase costs for end users by at least 30%; easiest solution is subscribing through the website, still being able to access content through the iOS app.

https://www.imore.com/apps/your-next-patreon-sub-might-cost-more-if-youre-paying-with-iphone

This is a common trend actually, don't subscribe to services through Apple iOS apps if you want to save money. And to a lesser extent Android.

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It’s also PATREON fucking up. I’ve got a couple people i follow that are moving to Ghost as a hedge.

[–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

ghost?

nm I looked it up myself.

Why aren't more people on ghost? It's a stupid name for what it does, but the $9 a month and keeping the rest is a great deal if you have more than a handful of subscribers.

[–] corbin@infosec.pub 3 points 2 months ago

Ghost managed hosting gets more expensive as you get more subscribers, I don't think Patreon does. You also have to set up the payments processor yourself (usually Stripe), and if you self-host, you need to set up an email service like Mailchimp. Ghost also has much more basic community features than Patreon, and doesn't do per-user RSS feeds, so stuff like subscriber-only podcasts are more difficult.

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