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Ask HN: Thoughts on a Patreon-Style Crowdfunded Dating App?

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Ask HN: Is the Digital Markets Act going to force Apple to change its App Store?

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·2 anni fa·discuss
See also the recent floods in UAE and Kenya. The heatwaves in Southeast Asia and Africa.

https://apnews.com/article/bizarre-weather-climate-heat-floo...
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·3 anni fa·discuss
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing. I'll definitely use that from now on, great work.

One thing I noticed after creating a simple button component was that it does not export the font family of the text within but that might be a Figma limitation.
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·3 anni fa·discuss
A plugin for React Native would be nice!
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·4 anni fa·discuss
> while the company takes up to 70% of the proceeds, a BBC investigation found.

I’m thinking it’s not possible for TikTok to take 70% of the proceeds if there’s App Store fees and sales taxes / VAT involved.

But please show me the math if I’m wrong.
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·4 anni fa·discuss
I think their system works like this:

You buy two coins for $0.02 and they give one diamond or $0.01 to the recipient. This looks like a 50% cut but after App Store fees and taxes it's more like 25%.

Still bad but not 70% as implied in the article.
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·4 anni fa·discuss
TikTok gifts are not charitable donations. They are in-app purchases. For every gift you buy, streamers earn "diamonds" which can be withdrawn for cash.

You cannot built this kind of functionality without giving Google/Apple a 30% cut, plus they collect sales tax and VAT on your behalf.

I'll give you an example. If I sell an in-app purchase for a price of £1 in the UK, £0.17 go to the government, and £0.25 to Apple/Google. I'm left with £0.58!
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·4 anni fa·discuss
It's funny how these journalists spend all this time researching these stories but miss a very important point - Google and Apple take a 30% cut off in-app purchases. Governments take sales taxes/VAT as well - up to 25% in some European countries.

It's not TikTok pocketing 70%.
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·4 anni fa·discuss
The App Review Guidelines at 4.3) Spam states: the App Store has enough ... dating apps. We will reject these apps unless they provide a unique, high-quality experience.

Does the App Store accept any new dating apps at all? How high is the bar set for the definition of unique high-quality experience? I'd hate to invest time and money into creating an iOS app just to have it rejected.

I'll try to ask this question on October 17th in the App Store Slack channel they've created but I'm just wondering what you all think here.
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·4 anni fa·discuss
I'm trying to clone a repo at a whopping 6KB/s from Kenya.

EDIT: Seems to be a routing issue. I've enabled a UK VPN and it's working fine now.
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·4 anni fa·discuss
Sidekick is an app which cuts down on food waste by creating weekly meal plans which use up all the ingredients that you buy.

https://sortedfood.com/sidekick/

They also run an awesome YouTube channel that is worth checking out:

https://www.youtube.com/c/SORTEDFood
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·4 anni fa·discuss
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SEEKING WORK | Remote

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SEEKING WORK | Remote

Location: London, UK

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Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Redis, Nginx, Bootstrap, Vue.js

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I’m looking for a fully remote work opportunity. I love doing JavaScript and Node.JS Backend Development work and have almost 10 years of experience in it.