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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by zuhsetaqi on Friday April 30, 2021 @09:50AM (#26993441)
> no matter if they used apple infrastructure or not.

That’s not exactly right. If Spotify (just as an example) would acquire all of their customers through their website or desktop app then they would pay nothing to Apple. That fee is only there if a user does use the InApp purchase option which Spotify doesn’t have to offer. So they’re paying only 30% to Apple if the their customer has subscribed through the iOS App.

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Re:EU says Apple’s App Store breaks competition rules after ... by oaiey on Friday April 30, 2021 @10:44AM (#26994091)
Where there are forbidden or prevented to inform the user that they can register somewhere else cheaper. This is explicitly mentioned by the EU commissioner in the press conference.
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