🤖 AI Summary
**要点まとめ（日本語）**
- **Appleの要請**：AppleはPatreonに対し、2026年11月までに残る全クリエイターをAppleのアプリ内課金（IAP）サブスクリプションシステムへ移行させるよう命じた。従わなければApp Storeからの削除リスクがある。
- **背景**：Patreonが一部クリエイターの課金を自社で管理していたことが、Appleの手数料構造を回避していると見なされたため。最初の期限は2025年11月だったが、2026年に延長された。
- **Patreonの反応**：Patreonは「この決定に強く反対」し、過去18か月で3度目の方針変更にクリエイターが揺れることを批判。独自の移行ツールや機能を提案したが、Appleは繰り返し拒否したと述べた。
- **提供されるツール**：Patreonは以下の支援ツールを用意
- 支払い状況確認用「ベネフィット適格性ツール」
- 料金設定変更用「ティア再価格設定ツール」
- ギフト・割引機能
- 2026年11月以前に導入予定の「年額限定メンバーシップ」オプション
- **手数料と価格調整**：AppleのIAP手数料は30％（1年以上継続するサブスクは15％に減額）。PatreonはiOSアプリ内で価格を上げて手数料分を転嫁するか、手数料分をクリエイターが吸収するか選択できる。また、iPhone・iPadユーザーはPatreonのWebサイトから支払えば手数料を回避できる。
**結論**：AppleはApp Storeの収益モデルを守るため、Patreonに全クリエイターのIAP移行を強制。Patreonはクリエイター支援策を提示しつつも、手数料負担や価格設定の問題が残り、双方の対立が続く見通し。
Apple is forcing Patreon to move all remaining creators onto Apple's in-app purchase subscription system by November 2026 "or else Patreon would risk removal from the App Store," reports TechCrunch. "Apple made this decision because Patreon was managing the billing for some percentage of creators' subscriptions, and the tech giant saw that as skirting its App Store commission structure." The tech giant initially told Patreon that it must do so by November 2025, but the deadline was pushed back. From the report: "We strongly disagree with this decision," its blog post states. "Creators need consistency and clarity in order to build healthy, long-term businesses. Instead, creators using legacy billing will now have to endure the whiplash of another policy reversal -- the third such change from Apple in the past 18 months. Over the years, we have proposed multiple tools and features to Apple that we could've built to allow creators using legacy billing to transition on their own timelines, with more support added in. Unfortunately, Apple has continually declined them," it says.
Creators can read more about the transition plan on Patreon's website. It has also built several tools to support these changes, including a benefit eligibility tool to see who has paid or is scheduled to pay, tier repricing tools, and gifting and discount tools to offer payment flexibility. An option for annual-only memberships will be introduced before November 2026 as well. The commission on in-app purchases and subscriptions is 30% on Apple's system, but "drops to 15% for a subscription that has been ongoing for more than a year," notes MacRumors. Patreon lets creators either raise prices only in its iOS app to cover Apple's fee or keep prices the same by absorbing the cost, while iPhone and iPad users can avoid the App Store commission entirely by paying through Patreon's website instead.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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