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Re:Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans o... by Terretta on Monday August 12, 2024 @06:03PM (#41229859)
> Does anybody want to argue that Apple hosting the Patreon app on iOS provides more value to Patreon subscribers and creators than the existence of Patreon itself does?

This isn't a Creators/Patreon/Apple phenomenon, this is a consumers/distributors/(publishers|labels)/creators phenomenon.

See page 12:

https://articles.unesco.org/creativity/sites/default/files/m...

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Re:Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans o... by danShumway on Monday August 12, 2024 @06:17PM (#41229980)
"Apple isn't being doing anything bad, they're just like the music industry" is a heck of an argument to make. Do you think the average person would argue that the music industry isn't exploitative?
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Re:Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans o... by Terretta on Monday August 12, 2024 @06:49PM (#41230234)
I didn't make that argument.
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Re:Apple's requirements are about to hit creators and fans o... by danShumway on Monday August 12, 2024 @07:57PM (#41230709)
Fair enough, we might be aggressively agreeing with each other. Apologies if I misunderstood you.
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