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It is interesting how that timelines blames the 30% Apple tax as the reason why they had to up the price to 12.99/mo; but they somehow did not bring it back to
by fetzu 4y ago
It is interesting how that timelines blames the 30% Apple tax as the reason why they had to up the price to 12.99/mo; but they somehow did not bring it back to 9.99/mo when they managed to go around the tax.
I am not defending Apple’s practices, I just find the omission on a website called “time to play fair” sweetly ironic.
- red_trumpet 4y agoHow and when did they manage to go around the 30% fee[1]? [1] Not sure if "fee" is the correct term, but it's certainly not a tax, because those are issued by governmental organizations by definition (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax).
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- shkkmo 4y agoWhat are you talking about? Spotify premium is currently USD 9.99/mo.
- 8ytecoder 4y ago$12.99 when you subscribe via App Store.
- smoldesu 4y agoThat's truly unfair and must feel awful as an iPhone user. Fingers crossed that Apple makes this right in the long-term.
- LegitShady 4y agoits because apple is taking a cut that it costs more. If you don't want to pay it, subscribe on a platform like a normal web browser that doesn't force spotify to pay a cut to apple.
- FinnKuhn 4y agoiPhone users can still subscribe via the website, if they want to save a few $ a month afaik
- brokenmachine 4y agoEvery day I learn something new that Apple does that sucks. They're an absolutely terrible company, and are actively ruining something I love which is general purpose computing with the user as owner. Fuck Apple.
- chetanbhasin 4y agoBut Spotify is the same way. They underpay the artists in the market they dominate. Everybody with Monopoly in any market is abusing it and pointing fingers at the others.