Reminder to never purchase things through an app
Added 2025-02-25 19:53:19 +0000 UTCMicrotransactions, subscriptions, anything. If the thing you're paying for has a normal website, the app version is almost always price gouging you for the same service in order to compensate for Apple or Android's HUGE fees. Do not pay for Patreon, Netflix, YouTube, etc through their app. Use their website.
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Hank Green's video on the subject:
https://youtu.be3D4IpKTN8?si=rFr6LYk1IjKaBHm1
Comments
Fixed. That was weeeeird. It took several edits to get Patreon to stop changing the link and breaking it.
Keith Ballard / SebastianSB
2025-02-27 20:40:03 +0000 UTCThat youtube link leads nowhere, it seems.
Typo-kun
2025-02-27 15:16:35 +0000 UTCFrom what I could find yes.
unpronounceable_oq9
2025-02-25 22:20:14 +0000 UTCThe fee is for buying/subscribing, not for using the app. You can buy/subscribe on the website and cancel on the app
Leonardo Rocha
2025-02-25 21:05:57 +0000 UTCIt seems less common, but you should always check. Especially since the incentive is always there for them to add them even if they're not there yet.
Keith Ballard / SebastianSB
2025-02-25 20:55:13 +0000 UTCDoes android also have fees? I thought it was just apple thing.
Enki
2025-02-25 20:03:45 +0000 UTCBut it's so much harder to cancel on the website
Keith_toucher
2025-02-25 19:56:47 +0000 UTC
