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0 pointsGeekyBear2y ago0 comments

Apple is including money developers make that they don't get a cut of.

For example, Spotify makes money from people streaming music to iOS devices, but they do not allow you to upgrade from a free account to a Premium account through their iOS app.

Since Spotify handles subscription purchases outside of their iOS app and their app is free, they pay nothing to Apple under the current system.

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fennecfoxy2y ago

Isn't Spotify one of the "special" companies that Apple bent to and gave an exception just for them?

Afaik, pointing users to subscriptions and payments outside of the app is explicitly not allowed. Telling the user it's cheaper to buy outside the app is not allowed, etc. Such blatantly predatory rules, I'm surprised it's taken this long for a wider discussion to start about it.

I guess it's because whenever you ask people that buy Apple gear they're all "That's fine! Don't you shit talk Apple, they can do what they want! They do what's best for us!" Stockholm syndrome lmao.

GeekyBearOP2y ago

> Isn't Spotify one of the "special" companies that Apple bent to and gave an exception just for them?

Nope. Under the old rules any company with a free app used to access subscription content didn't have to pay anything unless they took payments through their app.

Netflix would be another example.

> pointing users to subscriptions and payments outside of the app is explicitly not allowed

It's definitely allowed now, since that's the only point on which Epic won their case vs. Apple.

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