For applications similar to Patreon who have creators making profit off their content using Patreon’s platform, the creators either have to deduct 30% of their total earnings to pay the Apple Tax, or increase their daily/weekly/monthly subscription fees to their fans by 30% so it falls on the subscribers and not the creator.
On top of that, “Patreon does charge fees of its own that fall well below Apple’s. It takes 8% of subscription payments, a 2.9% processing fee plus 30 cents for most credit card, Venmo, and PayPal payments, and a 25-cent fee for each direct-deposit payout.”
Sources:
• https://news.patreon.com/articles/understanding-apple-requirements-for-patreon
• CEO Jack Conte on YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L-LoTH3PzgM
