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Re:Facebook wants up to 30% of fan subscriptions vs Patreon’... by ardy42 on Thursday February 28, 2019 @09:10AM (#19271382)
I'm not saying those platforms don't provide value and that they shouldn't charge anything, I'm just saying that 30% is egregiously high. I don't know what Apple's App-Store operation costs are, but my gut feel is 5-10% would be more realistic rate to charge.
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Re:Facebook wants up to 30% of fan subscriptions vs Patreon’... by chillacy on Thursday February 28, 2019 @11:59PM (#19278031)
30% is high, I agree. And I also pay over 30% to the government for taxes after that too.

But at the end of the day what can I do? There's not really competition to drive the commissions down. If another app store came up and offered 10% commissions and the audience I'd go there instead.

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