throwaway198389

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   by throwaway198389 8y ago

   That's true; you're right that there is a open platform between the AOSP layer and the APK apps that run on top of it. As you point out there is a fly in the ointment (which is enhanced by Google making it very difficult to ship w
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   by throwaway198389 8y ago

   Your post makes the case for itself, 30% of $13.32 is not $3.33. As Spotify raised their price to counter the apple fee, the also had to give 30% of that raise. To get $9.99 (for the first year at the 30% rate) it'd be Spotify fee: $9.
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   by throwaway198389 8y ago

   This may have changed recently, haven't used an Android in a bit, but this wasn't true (and still probably isn't). Specifically my company wanted to break our app into multiple apps and give a way for people to easily install
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   by throwaway198389 8y ago

   As Spotify points out, and I've seen first hand, Apple prohibits you from allowing users to create accounts or enter contact information if your service has a paid option and you don't use apple's IAP. So you couldn't