This is true, though I would argue that there is a difference between creating a new platform where you have full control and trying to hostile takeover an exis

This is true, though I would argue that there is a difference between creating a new platform where you have full control and trying to hostile takeover an existing open platform. On one hand you can at least give Apple credit that they're trying to maintain some level of quality on the platform they created and expand their margins through software purchases (since the margins on hardware aren't that high or flexible), whereas Spotify isn't creating anything -- they're just trying to make a platform that already exists shittier.