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You are ignoring two important facts: (1) for a one time download Spotify must give 30% of tens of billions to Apple, money that should go to the artists and (2
by panpanna 7y ago
You are ignoring two important facts: (1) for a one time download Spotify must give 30% of tens of billions to Apple, money that should go to the artists and (2) I bet if it was allowed, Spotify would love to bypass the apple store and distribute their apps directly to the consumers.
Lets not forget how Apple uses store rules as an excuse to handicap competition.
- votepaunchy 7y agoI love how Spotify complains about Apple's 30% cut when Spotify itself takes a 30% cut. And Apple's cut drops to 15% for recurring subscriptions. From Freakonomics' interview with Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek [1]: "DUBNER: So that 70 percent flows then to the rights-holders , which are primarily still the three big music labels. EK: Yep." [1] http://freakonomics.com/podcast/spotify/ http://freakonomics.com/podcast/spotify/
- scarface74 7y agoWhatever you do, please don’t argue “think about the artists”. The artists are getting screwed over by Spotify and the labels. Btw, can an artist get around paying 30% percent of revenue to Spotify to distribute their music? Can I add music I bought from some other place and include it in my Spotify library?