Re:Spotify: Apple rejected our app update to drive iPhone us...
by Someone on Friday July 01, 2016 @12:16PM
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I agree. The follow-up question is whether to applaud or deride them for it.
Uber and Airbnb, for example, do the same in their markets, and get applause for doing it, at least from some people.
Apple/iOS is a weird case, on the one hand Apple's market share is small, which would mean that one could say Spotify is playing mean (for example, would it allow Apple to advertise on their platform?)
On the other hand, Apple is in the same market as Spotify, and has more of the wealthy customers.
For now, I side with Apple in this case, but that may be because I do not know enough details of what this is about.
Uber and Airbnb, for example, do the same in their markets, and get applause for doing it, at least from some people.
Apple/iOS is a weird case, on the one hand Apple's market share is small, which would mean that one could say Spotify is playing mean (for example, would it allow Apple to advertise on their platform?)
On the other hand, Apple is in the same market as Spotify, and has more of the wealthy customers.
For now, I side with Apple in this case, but that may be because I do not know enough details of what this is about.