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Re:Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give ... by hellisothers on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @04:09PM (#27452500)
It’s a subscription service and you’re not paying for individual content a-la-cart? We can play wack a mole all day and find special carve outs by Apple but “what about-ism” isn’t the (or their) point, it’s did they expect this to happen or not. Surely they knew at some point the tax man would come with absolute certainty so crying (hyperbolic) foul now is… disingenuous.
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Re:Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give ... by Hamuko on Thursday June 10, 2021 @12:08AM (#27456561)
They're both subscription services. One's just "too big to fail".
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Re:Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give ... by tshaddox on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @04:23PM (#27452693)
I’m pretty sure Netflix and other streaming services give 30% to Apple if you buy the subscription through Apple. Don’t they?
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Re:Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give ... by Jcowell on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @04:46PM (#27453022)
No they don’t since they don’t give the option. It sucks that Apple isn’t giving them the option to just not allow In-app purchases at all when there’s Patreon.
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Re:Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give ... by twostorytower on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @04:52PM (#27453078)
They don't allow you to sign up in the app. You have to sign-up and subscribe via the web. App is login only.
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Re:Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give ... by tshaddox on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @08:43PM (#27455376)
Indeed, I stand corrected. I would swear that they previously allowed you to subscribe with an in-app purchase. Disney+ does still offer an Apple in-app subscription.
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Re:Apple is threatening to remove Fanhouse unless they give ... by Hamuko on Thursday June 10, 2021 @08:47AM (#27460046)
It hasn't been possible for about 2.5 years now.
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