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Yes they do. This is why Spotify is more expensive if you subscribe through the app -- because they cannot take payment details through the app for digital good
by mmanfrin 10y ago
Yes they do. This is why Spotify is more expensive if you subscribe through the app -- because they cannot take payment details through the app for digital goods/services.
So any music streaming service that wants to try to compete with Apple music has to pay a tithe to Apple of 30% or miss out on half of America (or make customers jump through hoops).
The 'you dont have to use it' comment is moot -- iOS accounts for millions upon millions of people; you generally need to use it.
- coldtea 10y ago>The 'you dont have to use it' comment is moot -- iOS accounts for millions upon millions of people; you generally need to use it. No, you don't need to use it. You want to use it, and you want to make money using it -- which is a different thing, and this is what Apple charges for: having built a platform/market with millions upon millions of people in it.
- serge2k 10y agoForcing you to adopt horrible customer experiences to get around a 30% tax is pretty nasty.
- kapitalx 10y agoWhen a company uses their dominance in one market to stifle competition in another market, in the long term, the consumer loses out on both price and innovation. Sure, it was smart and innovative of apple to create the iphone and the app store, but it's in the consumers best interest for there to be many music streaming providers as an example.
- rimantas 10y ago30% was there before any "market dominance".
- jamhan 10y agoJust a nitpick but "tithe", by definition, is 10%.