Spotify to Apple: Time to Play Fair

Re:Spotify to Apple: Time to Play Fair by UpperBodyEimi on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @10:30AM (#19378968)

What am I missing here? Why can Spotify not redirect users to subscribe on their own website?

I'm pretty sure I signed up on Spotifys website, then logged into my iPhone. Apple definitely don't get 30% of that subscription fee.

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Re:Spotify to Apple: Time to Play Fair by alex_duf on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @10:37AM (#19379067)

>Why can Spotify not redirect users to subscribe on their own website?

Because it's forbidden by apple to inform your user that it's cheaper on the website.

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Re:Spotify to Apple: Time to Play Fair by UpperBodyEimi on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @10:43AM (#19379112)

Is this in their ToS or is this just hearsay?

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Re:Spotify to Apple: Time to Play Fair by coldacid on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @10:33AM (#19379009)

Because Apple rejects their app whenever they try something like that, or even have phrasing suggesting that users do so without actually redirecting themselves.

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Re:Spotify to Apple: Time to Play Fair by thekyle on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @10:54AM (#19379224)

According to the website, the debate is that Apple does not currently allow apps to do what you are describing.

A few quotes from the timeline:

> Apple now prohibits buttons or links to any other external ways to pay.

> While we haven’t been able to include any buttons or external links to pages containing product info, discounts, promotions, etc. (even if they don’t link directly to a payment system!) since Feb. 2011

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Re:Spotify to Apple: Time to Play Fair by UpperBodyEimi on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @11:07AM (#19379371)

Thanks! URLs blocked on my network for now.

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