Which I think is great! However, I’ve been donating $5/month for years and they’re still trying to charge me $1.99/month. I feel like supporters should be exempt from the fee.
Which I think is great! However, I’ve been donating $5/month for years and they’re still trying to charge me $1.99/month. I feel like supporters should be exempt from the fee.
Is it common that you have to pay for that? Card payments are free in my bank
It’s got nothing to do with the banks. All the credit card processors (Visa, Mastercard, etc.) charge fees to retailers. Some times it’s a flat amount per charge, other times it’s a percentage.
Realy though in this case that might not matter so much, as Google and Apple are in the middle, charging Signal 15-30%.
So Signal gets less, but you pay the same, right?
Yes. I just found out Google and Apple don’t take a cut of donations to non-profits. But since this is a subscription for an actual product instead of a donation, it would be subject to their 15-30%. That is most likely the reason they don’t just give backup services to donors.
yes, that was the original point - it’s worse for Signal, if you’re trying to donate, it’s better to consolidate transactions
What bank is that?
Here in all banks card payments are free, as it’s included in your monthly plan. But you have to pay for transfer and for cash withdrawal. Mine is just a small a local bank in a European country. But banking is very different here from the US (from your comment history I guess you are from America), e.g. credit cards are rare, everyone have debit cards, cheque payments are non-existent.