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Spotify pays nothing to Apple: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/03/the-app-store-spotify-and-europes-thriving-digital-music-market/ https://www.apple.com/new

• piva00 3y ago
  Nothing? It definitely pays all the fees to have access to Apple Development Program for all its iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS developers, it pays for all the Mac machines required to develop for iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS. Those are required to develop for Apple's platforms. It pays nothing because it cannot pay 30% of subscriptions to Apple and be a viable business, Spotify already pays out 70+% for royalties, if it had to pay another 30% for every subscription through the App Store it would be bankrupt.
• berkes 3y ago
  > calculated that, in the European Economic Area, around 1.5 million subscribers to the main music streaming apps—other than Apple Music—on iPhones and iPads ended up paying 2–3 euros per month more as of July 2023 and throughout the entire duration of the subscription, compared to what they could have paid outside of the app. This was due to the in-app commissions imposed by Apple on developers, which were then passed on to consumers through higher subscription fees. As per the spokesperson of the ruling in the EU. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/apple-to-pay-2b-after-eu-finds-app-store-abusive-siding-with-spotify/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/apple-to-pay-2b-...