Facebook wants up to 30% of fan subscriptions vs Patreon’s 5%

Re:Facebook wants up to 30% of fan subscriptions vs Patreon’... by bolzano on Thursday February 28, 2019 @10:46AM (#19272119)

I don't think this is a fair comparison. If I had the skills (which I certainly don't), I could make a cool Disney style movie and make it available for anyone, and even charge them whatever I liked.

I explicitly cannot do this for iOS apps. There is just no way for me to get my app in front of people's eyes without paying the Apple tax.

If I was prevented from distributing my movie somehow by Disney, you might have a point.

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Re:Facebook wants up to 30% of fan subscriptions vs Patreon’... by ceejayoz on Thursday February 28, 2019 @10:53AM (#19272189)

> I could make a cool Disney style movie and make it available for anyone, and even charge them whatever I liked.

Disney's not going to put it in their online store, though.

In the case of an iOS app, you can sell the source and let people build it on their own Xcode installs, if you like.

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