Timely_Jellyfish_2077@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoPatreon: adding Apple’s 30 percent tax is the price of staying in the App Storewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down17
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minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months ago and Steam Exactly what is Steam doing now? AFAIK only charges fees sales of games through the Steam platform, from which developers get a LOT of value.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago The fee will only apply to memberships purchased on Patreon’s iOS app starting November 4th, 2024. This isn’t about that, Apple hasn’t fully committed to those plans. This is about their existing rules which have applied to a long ass time.
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minus-squareTywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoSteam DRM is not mandatory.
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minus-squareTywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoI mean that’s obvious isn’t it? What would be the point of a developer using Steam and having their game not listed on it? What are you trying to say?
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Exactly what is Steam doing now? AFAIK only charges fees sales of games through the Steam platform, from which developers get a LOT of value.
This isn’t about that, Apple hasn’t fully committed to those plans. This is about their existing rules which have applied to a long ass time.
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Steam DRM is not mandatory.
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I mean that’s obvious isn’t it? What would be the point of a developer using Steam and having their game not listed on it? What are you trying to say?
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