[edoloughlin]

It’s reductio ad absurdum to make a point. But you could argue that income from Patreon forms part/all of a creator’s salary.

I don’t agree that this is an Apple hating thread. Its commentary on a pretty despicable action that Apple is taking.

[kalterdev]

“Despicable” is by an order of magnitude softer word compared to “Apple can legally take your salary”

Sure, Apple is greedy. But it doesn’t deserve what is usually assumed: legal persecution.

[willtemperley]

> It’s reductio ad absurdum

It's not, it's just factually wrong.

If Apple can legally claim 30% of your salary then a doctor using an iPad to demonstrate results of a scan to a patient has to pay Apple 30% of their consultation fee.

That's reductio ad absurdum.

Lol.

[spacebanana7]

> If Apple can legally claim 30% of your salary then a doctor using an iPad to demonstrate results of a scan to a patient has to pay Apple 30% of their consultation fee.

Apple could absolutely do this. They could say that professional medical use of macOS requires a commercial license, and the price of that commercial licence could be linked to revenue.

Doctors - or rather their hospital IT/procurement departments - would be held to the terms of service they agree to. Far more rigorously than ordinary consumers.