apple is acknowledging that zaps are real money just as valid as the money they shake down from youtube, twitch, patreon, like they tried to shake down epic games… and y’all all “apple hates bitcoin” nah bro they just said it’s just as valid as google settling up superchats.
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Why do people accept having 50% of their superchats slurped by Google and Apple?
Audience. People have YouTube app in yours phones. Then is more easy be seen.
the apple tax is hardly talked about… I don’t think a lot of livestream is consumed on mobile. It’s an exception not processed through apple, and I wonder if google pockets what they can when they settle up.
YouTube does allow for 3rd party payment providers (who offer better than 20%) to be listed in bios of livestreams.
Creators are always saying “if you don’t like google taking a cut I get more at…” (socialbuzz or streamelements, these offer onscreen notifications and other obs integrations) But you could just list cash app and read the notes from that or a lnaddy. People like having their superchat highlighted in the actual chat, it also weighs the algorithm, along with memberships & membership gifting.
twitch just gives the user less bits if you buy on iOS, but once you give them to creators, based on their affiliate status, they get the same.
