Newsletter - charging + T.O.S changes (patreon)

PATREON POLICY UPDATES & AFFECTED AREAS:

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SUMMARY-

• Regarding IOS users/apple users with patreon in app will get hit by a 30% extra store fee

• Regarding everyone : I am forced to move over my billing timing from beginning of each month to whenever someone joins.

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 (implements starts november 1st 2024) 

Apple is being a greedy devil & starting November 2024 this extra fee will start applying to subscriptions bought via the app (mobile only!) & is also literally forcing patreon (and other apps) to swap to a specific billing method meaning it'll be a forced switch for me regardless of wanting to or not.

 IOS 

• "Apple will be applying their 30% App Store fee to all new memberships purchased in the Patreon iOS app, in addition to anything bought in your Patreon shop."

• Suggested solution : set up your pledge on PC or on a browser on your phone (e.g safari or chrome etc) I personally prefer the PC version for easy navigation, I can also start actively posting content in the server for easier download of bases etc.

• Using patreon on your phone browser (e.g chrome, safari etc) does NOT add the fee! Just installing the app itself in apple store does.

(I personally used the browser version for years before getting the app & it works great!)

New billing method 

• "Any creator currently on first-of-the-month or per-creation billing plans will have to switch over to subscription billing to continue earning in the iOS app, because that’s the only billing type Apple’s in-app purchase system supports."

• Billing every beginning of the month is easier to keep track of for both rewards as well as booting cancelled pledges. So it'll require more work for me.

• This also requires everyone to keep track of when they pledged/when to cancel -Note that I will not refund if the pledge has proceeded 3+ days into your new month

• I recommend still trying your best to join/pledge at the beginning of each month right from the start to keep track easier & make sure you use your pledge to the most of it's contents!

• I will keep pinging/begin rewards the 3rd of each new month & keep a similar work schedule, commission slots are still one per billing cycle (for me to be able to manage)

• I'm unsure how pledges will be affected starting the swap, considering it'll be done automatically in November, with patreon's help it should be a smooth change & simply charge people at the beginning as usual

 I hope people will stay and keep supporting and find a solution that works good for you if you become affected! thanks for being here and letting me keep doing what I love msot as always

Links for more info :

 General announcement info on both topics

 How IOS purchases work on patreon