Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting competition and consumers

Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by Aunche on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @11:35PM (#26965258)

>That's obnoxious and anti-competitive, particularly in cases like Spotify where they directly compete and undercut them in the same market.

How many Spotify users paid through their App though? I'd imagine it would only be a tiny fraction.

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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by fossuser on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @12:59AM (#26965768)

Apple bans app devs from linking to sign up via the browser or even mentioning its existence.

They also started to prevent apps that don't have IAP for subscriptions.

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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by trissylegs on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @03:22AM (#26966677)

Which is explicitly mentioned in the OP

> ...that app developers be allowed to provide consumers with information about alternative payment options...

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Re:Dominance of Apple and Google’s app stores impacting comp... by jbverschoor on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @06:46AM (#26967879)

I used to pay in the app. Someone I know was unable to cancel his Spotify, because it was linked to his facebook account. Because of that he was fined. Spotify is a toxic company.

The only thing I really like about Spotify is spotify connect. I don't understand why none of the competitors have anything competing. It's the key selling point for Sonos

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