Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims
by nathan_long on Friday March 15, 2019 @08:23AM
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This reminds me of the ISPs getting upset about the bandwidth they have to deliver on behalf of Netflix.
"Our platform enables your app" is true in both cases. But so is "our app brings people to your platform." The power imbalance is that it's easier to build a competing app than a competing app store or ISP.
Re:Addressing Spotify’s Claims
by have_faith on Friday March 15, 2019 @10:14AM
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The 'our users' bit is actually one of the most annoying bits. As if anyone that uses iOS is under Apple's control as to what they are or aren't allowed to do or be exposed to. It reveals a lot about how they view their position in the relationship. Between them and users. As if when I download an app or game, Apple is bestowing me to the app developer.
This is a bit of a ridiculous claim. From another perspective, an iPhone is just another way to access your favorite apps and content. Taken to more of an extreme, imagine Comcast or T-Mobile claiming that they provide users to Spotify... Apple is easily just a middle man here but they make themselves sound like the entity that owns the users and plugs them into apps. It's not like people buy iPhones just because they're shiny pieces of aluminum and glass, and using apps is secondary to that.