Re:App stores, trust and anti-trust
by benedictevans on Thursday August 20, 2020 @03:11PM
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Well, you clearly don't read anything I write - this piece ends by saying Apple's IAP model is unsustainable and needs to be dismantled, and my previous post said big tech companies are going to become as tightly regulated as banks.
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I don't see it. I read it twice and tried searching for "unsustainable" and "dismantle". Could you point out where you said that exactly?
Presumably:
> This second one is instructive: the EU is taking the view that Apple has a monopoly of payment on the iPhone. Market definition is everything. I-am-not-a-lawyer, but I don’t see how Apple can win on Spotify (or Kindle), and I don’t think it should.
And the final sentence:
> Apple finally won the argument with users’ wallets, and that means it’s not niche anymore - Apple has become the navy, and different rules apply.
that doesn’t read “needs to be dismantled” at all
Re:App stores, trust and anti-trust
by scarface74 on Thursday August 20, 2020 @04:49PM
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Can I put music on Spotify without them getting a cut?
Yes, you can import any mp3 that you want into your Spotify playlists.
That's not what "putting music on Spotify" means.