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As an Apple and Spotify customer I will quickly stop being an Apple customer if they try to control / influence Spotify. I use it all day at work and at home on
by caruana 10y ago
As an Apple and Spotify customer I will quickly stop being an Apple customer if they try to control / influence Spotify. I use it all day at work and at home on my Sonos. I never knew that if challenged I would be more loyal to a music streaming company then my main hardware providing company, but, it would be a non negotiable issue for me.
- mynegation 10y agoI share the sentiment. Apple has done enough stupid things already so that I considered switching away from it many times. Spotify for me is big enough to get me over the fence.
- peyton 10y agoI think you're right--Apple shouldn't control/influence Spotify. The issue here sounds different: Spotify has to play by the same rules as everyone else on the App Store, and Spotify seems not to like that.
- latortuga 10y agoNo they don't! There's no reason Spotify can't pull their app, run an ad campaign, put pressure on Apple, negotiate a better deal, any number of other things. If Spotify thinks they can claw back part of the 30% apple tax, more power to them.
- stephenr 10y agoIt's 15% not 30%. What you're calling for is preferential treatment because they're an established player, which is quite humerous to me given how much HN loves "disrupters"
- mightykan 10y agoIt is 30% for the first full year of the subscription, which is reduced to 15% after that year.
- scarface74 10y agoWhat's more likely, that people will give up their iPhones to use Spotify or that people will choose one of the other available streaming music services?
- peyton 10y agoI agree. My issue is they're getting the Senate involved and going for regulatory capture, which in general isn't usually ideal for long term competition.
- stephenr 10y agoYou're aware that this whole thing is caused by Spotify choosing to violate the terms which they've operated under for years, just to get attention?
- caruana 10y agoAs a customer, that is literally of no concern to me. I'm not taking a position on who is right or wrong. I don't care who did what and to who, the only thing that matters to me is how my service(s) are interrupted. As the customer, I will first choose the provider that I perceive as providing me with greater benefit and then remove any resistance to that provider services. Anything outside of the equation ultimately doesn't matter and therefore won't enter into my individual purchasing power.