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I‘m sure the fee will be slapped down later too. It gives Apple unfair competetive advantages in the industries it operates in. (e.g Apple Music vs Spotify)

• FabHK 5y ago
  "Reader" apps, broadly construed, can already offer outside subscriptions. Apparently, Spotify does not pay a 30% fee to Apple, but only 15%, and that on less than 1% of its paid members, so only around 0.15%. That does not seem to constitute unfair competitive advantage. https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/apple-fires-back-spotify-pays-fees-on-less-than-1-percent-of-members/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/apple-fires-back-spotify-pa...
  • JanSt 5y ago
    Well I‘ve read that math many times and I don‘t understand the intention here. Of course the number is very low - Spotify did not allow subscriptions through apps for a long time (do they now?) Even if they have to pay 15% now (I don‘t know) that‘s still 15% of their margin (!). Apple is able to make much better offers because they don‘t have to pay that fee. The 0.15% is math meant to distract, just ask Spotify. https://newsroom.spotify.com/2019-03-13/consumers-and-innovators-win-on-a-level-playing-field/ https://newsroom.spotify.com/2019-03-13/consumers-and-innova...
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