Yep. The app store sells apps that devs write and takes a 30% cut, no issue with that. But they do that with subscriptions as well
and disallow an external buy event from the app, therefore double dipping on the margin for subscriptions. They should take 30% as a one off not as a forever thing, as Spotify therefore has to increase its price, making it non competitive with Apple's Beats. Its merely using the AppStore to inflate a competitors product. Spotify should create an Android app, WP app, and not to an iOS app, and make a web based option, that iOS users can create a web app, solves it. I have no issue with competition, but if you and me were competing selling ovens, and I can make your price higher thah mine, I'd be happy with that! But its unfair, its not free trade, competition to allow a settling in the marketplace. Its artificial. Consumers lose, as they pay more for no reason, and as competiotion is flummoxed, there is no benefit from two competing organisations to compete and maybe offer a better service, at a better cost to the end consumer. Airlines do this, although in those cases they price fix behind closed doors.
From: "Kris Murray krismurray@gmail..com [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
To: "iPad@yahoogroups.com" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, 8 May 2015 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: [iPad] Rival music services say Apple's App Store pricing is anticompetitive | The Verge
You do know that the App Store and its policies predate spotify, right?
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I can see the issue, Apple is using the 30% to pump up the price of Spotify, making
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