Apple is making enemies among creators by hitting Patreon with a 30% tax — but there's a loophole

• Patreon must accept Apple's 30% fee on all in-app purchases starting in November or face removal.
• Creator-economy startups have been facing Apple's fees for years. Patreon just happened to be lucky.
• Creators could potentially bypass the fee by directing transactions to Patreon's website.

The creator economy has a not-so-new bad guy in town: Apple.

This week, Patreon informed creators that starting in November, all in-app purchases made on the Patreon app would be subject to Apple's 30% cut.