Apple Fires Back at Spotify for Asking for 'Preferential Treatment'

Re:Apple Fires Back at Spotify for Asking for 'Preferential ... by coderdude on Friday July 01, 2016 @05:35PM (#12019848)

They do that to prevent this scenario:

You use them to advertise your site where customers can get a discount if you bail from the app store and buy from you directly. So many developers would try that oh so clever trick that they already know better in advance.

Unless you're one of the anomalies who actually does a better job at driving traffic to your apps than they can, it makes no sense to complain about this.

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Re:Apple Fires Back at Spotify for Asking for 'Preferential ... by dreaminvm on Friday July 01, 2016 @05:51PM (#12019954)

This is a common occurrence with Groupon.

If you call the shop and mention using Groupon, most of the time they ask you not to purchase the Groupon. They still honor the discount, but avoid a 50% take by Groupon.

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