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Apple's always taken the "if you want to play in our court, you play by our rules" approach to this kind of thing so wouldn't be at all surprised if there are z
by esskay 3y ago
Apple's always taken the "if you want to play in our court, you play by our rules" approach to this kind of thing so wouldn't be at all surprised if there are zero back door deals going on there. They don't need to do that as no major app provider is going to want to be the one who's not on their app store.
If Spotify for example left iOS devices all it would do is drive up Apple Music subscriptions. Very, very few people would switch operating systems for a single app.
The average joe doesn't even think about app availability when picking a phone.
At most I'd say theres likely some grey area about managing 3rd party subscriptions that arent being done via the app store.
- rtpg 3y agoIt’s documented that Apple offers deals to companies to keep on using the App Store, or at least stick to its payments (Netflix in particular refused a sweetheart deal). If Spotify and Netflix were not on iOS I’m pretty sure lots of people would go look for an android. Not everyone, but a percentage above 0 (and probably above 2 or 3 percent I bet)
- aurareturn 3y agoIs there evidence that suggests there are companies out there today that have different deals on the iOS App Store than the standard?
- mcfedr 3y agoIt's in the app store rules, media companies have a special deal, that no one else gets.
- JimDabell 3y ago> It’s documented that Apple offers deals to companies to keep on using the App Store Is it? I know that it has happened in the past, but in 2020, Tim Cook testified to Congress that they treat everybody equally. Is there any evidence showing that they still offer special deals today?
- dannyw 3y agoNetflix was offered 15% by Apple (not 15% after 1 year; but just 15%; and before the public offer): https://www.theverge.com/c/22611236/epic-v-apple-emails-project-liberty-app-store-schiller-sweeney-cook-jobs https://www.theverge.com/c/22611236/epic-v-apple-emails-proj...