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> Apple and Google don't even need to turn a profit on their platforms, and both of them are hurting Spotify directly by taking 30% of their subscription paymen
by jsnell 2y ago
> Apple and Google don't even need to turn a profit on their platforms, and both of them are hurting Spotify directly by taking 30% of their subscription payments.
I think you mean just Apple there. Spotify on Android has in-app Premium subscriptions using Spotify as the payment provider (at the same price as Premium on the web).
- scarface_74 2y agoGoogle doesn’t pay Spotify anything when you do an in app purchase using Spotify’s payment system and charges 4% when you use Google’s payment system. So that’s not the cause of Spotify’s trouble either