Michal Marek Although Apple recently modified the terms of its App Store and subscriptions within it, Spotify still doesn't like the situation and the relations between the companies are increasingly strained. The last time the situation came to a head was last week, when a fairly sharp fight broke out between Spotify and Apple.
It all started when the Swedish company Spotify sent a complaint to Washington that Apple is behaving in violation of fair economic competition. Apple has rejected the latest updates to Spotify's iOS app, the purpose of which, according to the Swedes, is to disadvantage Spotify's position against its own competing service Apple Music.
The reason for the rejection is a change in which Spotify allows you to subscribe to the premium version of the service through the application by using the company's own payment gateway. On the contrary, the option of subscription through the App Store is removed. Apple is thus left out of the transaction, so it does not get its 30% share of the subscription.
Although Apple will reduce its share of subscriptions to 15 percent after the first year as part of the upcoming changes, Spotify is still unhappy and claims that this behavior is contrary to fair competition. Apple offers its own music service for a subscription, and by increasing costs in this way, it greatly improves its position to its competitors. Because of Apple's commission on the mobile app, Spotify increases the subscription price to make up the difference, which Apple Music charges.
Spotify and other similar services may use their own payment system, but it must not be used within the application. So if you subscribe to Spotify on the web, you'll bypass Apple and get a cheaper subscription as a result. But the situation is different directly in the application, and due to the rapid growth of Apple Music, it is not surprising that the management of Spotify wants to change the rules of the game. In addition, the company received support from, for example, US Senator Elizabeth Warren, according to whom Apple uses its App Store as a "weapon against competitors".
However, Apple responded to the criticism, and rather harshly. In addition, the company pointed out that Spotify benefits greatly from its presence in the App Store:
There is no doubt that Spotify is benefiting enormously from its association with the App Store. Since its arrival on the App Store in 2009, your app has received 160 million downloads, earning Spotify hundreds of millions of dollars. It is therefore disturbing that you are asking for an exception to the rules that apply to all developers and publicly presenting rumors and half-truths about our services.
The company also supplies:
Apple does not violate antitrust laws. We're happy to approve your apps quickly as long as you provide us with something that complies with App Store rules.
For clarification. The 15% planned reduction is not quite true. Because it only applies to cases where the customer pays for the service for more than a year. That is in the first year, Apple still wants a very uneaten 30%. How would Apple like it if Google collected the same on Android for their Apple music? In short, Apple is fed up, and I say that despite the fact that I like using its iron.
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/112622?hl=en
stop the stupidity thing, let's have fun
Yes, one more time. I'm not saying Google isn't big on app commissions, but we're talking about an app that costs nothing but pays for a subscription. And that is the fundamental difference with Google. "Apple doesn't require subscription services to use its iTunes billing service, but it doesn't allow them to use an alternate payment system within the app, as Google does." This is the important sentence - full article here. http://www.recode.net/2016/6/30/12067578/spotify-apple-app-store-rejection
Apple is just taking advantage of its market position. It is the problem of others that they depend on him. I'm not trying to defend it, I'm just telling it how it is. Don't say that if Apple belonged to you, you wouldn't do it the same way. With the appstore, he applies the same principles that all strong marketers apply. Do you think that if you come to Alberta and say that you would like them to make room for you in one of the shelves, that you want to sell your milk there, they will oblige you without hesitation? Especially if yours is cheaper than milk branded by them, they will definitely send you to hell.
Apple Music probably isn't going as well as Apple imagined, and competition like Spotify certainly won't give them a good night's sleep. It is understandable that they throw sticks under their feet as much as possible, but I don't think it is related to the users. If someone wants to, they can buy Spotify over the web and save, and it has nothing to do with whether or not I'm a sheep. … Cables are simply worth what they are because they have the Apple logo on them. Their price is known in advance and begging for it is completely out of the question. For me personally, it has lasted for years without scratches or other defects, only the one that I pull every day actually comes off. I already complained about it 2 times and I always got a new one within 3 days, absolutely no problems, so I can't complain.
He doesn't use - he abuses. It's not the problem of others, it's the same as if you said that the problem of others is that they have to use electricity and therefore it's okay that, for example, PRE charges them 30% more for using a computer connected to the mains to earnings. To answer your question if I would do it differently. He did - there are many other approaches to business where profit is one of the factors, but not the only one. It's the problem of stocks, where profit maximization at any cost, right now, is the only criterion. Such as the motivation of politicians to spend as much as possible during the election period. And as I say, I don't play it because it bothers me, but because it just bothers me that a company like this has to use similar methods. With its profit, it could afford a much more friendly trade policy. These companies fundamentally blame what is called ethics in business. They determine what then becomes trendy in other businesses as well.
if you at least didn't shake the crap - does someone Janko Salamoun have information exactly what percentage is too much and what is recklessness? great, you had fun! ;)
servers on which the App store runs (together with iTunes), connectivity, authentication, application verification will pay for itself, right? by the way, the fact that you have to pay even when people use free applications is probably beyond your understanding, right?
the problem with 30% is not whether it is too much or too little, whether the developer has access to it or not... the only problem there is that the 30% does not apply to Apple Music, which can be priced at $9.9, but Spotify has to go to $12.9 to pay 30% Apple if it wants the user to have the same comfort when renewing the subscription. For example, Amazon has accepted these rules and does not allow purchases from its own application, but nothing happens even when the Apple Store app allows the purchase of Macs without the 30% that they would have to pay. In this case, Spotify wants an exception to the established rules, but unless Apple music has a dominant share of the streaming music market, I can only run on my own shadow
by the way, if you don't like Apple's prices, you can let them know - just don't buy things from them, no one is forcing you to have reducers and cables from them...any Chinese person will gladly give them to you for a fraction of the price. The beauty of the free market and demand & supply... Instead, you are smarting here, playing Salamune, while mixing pears and apples
For God's sake, what kind of case is this again? Appstore rules have been here for a million years, if apple softens them a little, will some demented spotify complain? Holy shit…
The normal rules you agree to when you submit something for approval. The fact that someone tries to get around it and then swear :-D is laughable :-D