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		hahahahhaah 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon ... Or add a 45% apple tax afyer they click buy. E.g. costs $100, price comes up as.$100 with added apple tax as line item. total $145. Click here to avoid apple tax takes you to web page if allowed.

andy_ppp 3 months ago | [–]

Not allowed. They ban your app immediately if you inform people they are robbing them!

debazel 3 months ago | | [–]

This and the practice of forcing you to use same pricing on different platforms should just be made illegal and it would fix so much of this.

noitpmeder 3 months ago | [–]

I could be wrong but seem to remember this being explicitly disallowed by Apples terms

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