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> For the average person not educated in monopolies or tech regulation, is there any incentive for them to switch to paying Spotify instead? If it's 30% cheape
by nyuszika7h 5y ago
> For the average person not educated in monopolies or tech regulation, is there any incentive for them to switch to paying Spotify instead?
If it's 30% cheaper, that may be enough of an incentive. Though I don't know if that's the case here or if Spotify just eats the fee when you pay through Google.
- heavyset_go 5y agoI'm not sure of Google's policy, but with Apple, after the court order, dating apps using alternative payment methods must give Apple a 27% commission on all purchases made using the method[1], so that there is little to no difference in cost to users choosing to use the non-Apple payment method. [1] https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/04/apple-to-charge-27-fee-for-dutch-dating-apps-using-alternative-payment-options/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/04/apple-to-charge-27-fee-for...