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Cory Doctorow
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Every artist, performer and creator on Patreon is about to get screwed out of 30% of their gross revenue, which will be diverted to Apple, the most valuable company on the planet. Apple contributes nothing to their work, but it will get to steal a third of their wages:

https://news.patreon.com/articles/understanding-apple-requirements-for-patreon

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/15/private-law/#thirty-percent-vig

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A Vaudeville dancer on an old-fashioned stage, caught mid-dance-step, standing in front of a Patreon logo.. His pockets bulge with cash. He has been decapitated and blood fountains from the stump of his neck. His decapitated, bloody head lies in a pool of blood on the stage next to him. Over the stump of his neck is an original six-color Apple logo, modified so that the 'bite' is actually a bloody, fang-filled mouth. The scene is surmounted by the Apple 'Think different' wordmark.
A Vaudeville dancer on an old-fashioned stage, caught mid-dance-step, standing in front of a Patreon logo.. His pockets bulge with cash. He has been decapitated and blood fountains from the stump of his neck. His decapitated, bloody head lies in a pool of blood on the stage next to him. Over the stump of his neck is an original six-color Apple logo, modified so that the 'bite' is actually a bloody, fang-filled mouth. The scene is surmounted by the Apple 'Think different' wordmark.
A Vaudeville dancer on an old-fashioned stage, caught mid-dance-step, standing in front of a Patreon logo.. His pockets bulge with cash. He has been decapitated and blood fountains from the stump of his neck. His decapitated, bloody head lies in a pool of blood on the stage next to him. Over the stump of his neck is an original six-color Apple logo, modified so that the 'bite' is actually a bloody, fang-filled mouth. The scene is surmounted by the Apple 'Think different' wordmark.