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How does Spotify do this and remain competitive with Apple's $9.99 offering. The offering Apple can make because they don't have to pay themselves a 30% cut.

• blackflame7000 8y ago
  Well the fact is that they can’t so long as Apple is manipulating their platform but they can encourage people to leave the Apple platform which is far more devastating to Apple than losing music subscribers
  • berbec 8y ago
    Do you think Spotify has the customers to force Apple to change because of the number of people who switch to Android for their service? Or does Apple have the customers to kill Spotify by cutting them off?
    • blackflame7000 8y ago
      Whether they have the numbers or not this war was inevitable from the moment Apple announced their music subscription service. Ultimately it's going to come down to who does it better and by better, I mean which one helps people find new songs the best. But I will say one thing, I have had the iPhone since the very first model and I have never been closer to abandoning IOS because its price to value ratio is quickly becoming unfavorable. Anything that tips it further is not good for Apple especially now that they are no longer disclosing iPhone sales numbers, an indicator that they are declining.
      • berbec 8y ago
        Not a fan of your iPhone being more expensive than your MacBook, are we?