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Re:Spotify: Apple rejected our app update to drive iPhone us... by lnanek2 on Friday July 01, 2016 @12:20PM (#12017424)
Yeah, amusingly, even Google Play has rules against third party payment processors. So Apple's behavior cracking down on directing app users to go pay somewhere else than the app store isn't even Apple specific.
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Re:Spotify: Apple rejected our app update to drive iPhone us... by Etzos on Friday July 01, 2016 @12:23PM (#12017456)
Actually... There's a specific exemption for this kind of thing[0] on Google Play.

[0] https://play.google.com/about/monetization-ads/

Edit: Relevant section: "Developers . . . must use Google Play In-app Billing as the method of payment, except [when] . . . payment is for digital content that may be consumed outside of the app itself (e.g. songs that can be played on other music players)"

Edit 2: To clarify, Spotify services are available outside of the app itself so I'm fairly certain they can avoid using Google Play's In-app Billing if they so desired. I have no idea if they actually do or not or if Google would actually have a problem with this or not.

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