Addressing Spotify’s Claims

Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by kelnos on Friday March 15, 2019 @07:44AM (#19398735)

If Visa or MasterCard tried to charge 30% transaction fees, they'd be laughed out of the market.

The problem is that you can't laugh Apple out of the market for payments on iOS devices, because they don't allow other entrants into that market.

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Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by mediocrejoker on Friday March 15, 2019 @11:37AM (#19400645)

Visa and Mastercard do actually charge 30% if you don't pay within 30 days or so. Why is that not equally laughable?

Is it because they provide a service in exchange for that 30%, a service that many people are willing to pay 30% for?

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Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims by kelnos on Friday March 15, 2019 @03:22PM (#19403248)

I'm talking about the merchant fees, not the interest rate for cardholders. The cardholder interest rate is not at all analogous to Apple's revenue share.

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