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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by dannyw on Friday April 30, 2021 @07:49AM (#26992214)
Any percentage is acceptable if Spotify isn't forced to pay it. Any percentage is also acceptable if Apple wasn't directly competing with Spotify.
Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by endisneigh on Friday April 30, 2021 @07:52AM (#26992232)
Isn’t Spotify benefiting from Apple devices? If not, then they can simply not be on Apple devices right?

If they are benefiting, then is it unacceptable for them to pay for the benefit?

Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by kryptiskt on Friday April 30, 2021 @07:59AM (#26992296)
Is Apple benefiting from selling in the EU? If they want to benefit from Europe, they got to obey the rules.
Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by acta_non_verba on Friday April 30, 2021 @08:53AM (#26992742)
Side note: Please stop using EU and Europe interchangeably, they are not the same thing. 100s of millions of people live on the continent of Europe, but not in the EU.
Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by kryptiskt on Friday April 30, 2021 @08:57AM (#26992782)
I'll do that when US people stop using America and Americans to describe themselves.
Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by anoncake on Friday April 30, 2021 @09:54AM (#26993496)
Why? That's hardly the fault of, say, the Swiss.
Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by nolok on Friday April 30, 2021 @10:46AM (#26994110)
I don't disagree with you, but you couldn't really have picked a worst example (short of an an actual EU member country) given how their bilateral treaties with the EU means EU rules apply to do business in non-EU Switzerland.
Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by anoncake on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:17AM (#27005666)
That applies to EEA members too.
Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by acta_non_verba on Friday April 30, 2021 @09:49AM (#26993423)
Yes, disenfranchising hundreds of millions of people on the European continent sure gets those Americans
Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by endisneigh on Friday April 30, 2021 @08:03AM (#26992328)
I agree completely, but for now they are following the rules. I’ll be happy to see the EU ban percentage based fees and make all platforms open.
Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by simion314 on Friday April 30, 2021 @08:25AM (#26992500)
Is not about the percentage, are you aware that you can't even mention you can buy a subscription from the website in the iOS application? Apple does not allow alternative app stores and is actively blocking you to inform of alternative methods of payment.
Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by endisneigh on Friday April 30, 2021 @08:27AM (#26992522)
Yeah I’m aware of those things. The EU should ban those things as well. Like I mentioned I’d like to see no percentage fees and all platforms open.