This doesn't just apply to Patreon.. it applies to every app on iOS. It's in the ToS for the apps to be on the App Store that they have to pay a cut of every purchase made through the app to Apple.
Oh, and Google gets a cut of every purchase made through Android apps too.
I just looked this up. GOOGLE will charge the app CREATOR/OWNER a 30% service fee for every transaction. NOT the consumer. For subscriptions, they charge the app owner 15%. Thats their commission fees for THAT APP using their services. Not added onto your personal purchase tho (source, their FAQ)
Apple is just a PC dressed up in a fake Louis Vuitton bag, and has been for decades now, but they think because they dressed themselves up in a certain brand, they have unlimited license to interfere with any and all transactions done on their devices. Absolutely disgusting.
Sadly I don't think they will. The reason Apple and Google can get away with this predation is because most if not all of their users value the slight convenience of using the app over the massive loss of having THIRTY FUCKING PERCENT OF THE MONEY STOLEN
Would love to, but after the first payment, every follow up one seems to go through in a different manner from the first which freaks my bank out and they decline it taking anything, which is both odd and frustrating.
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Oh, and Google gets a cut of every purchase made through Android apps too.
Bottom Line: Unless you like spending more money, always buy through websites, not apps.
(I wanna say this past Fall?)