Re:Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing
by yywwbbn on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @08:04PM
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There are plenty of different platforms besides Spotify which have comparable catalogs and are available on all/most platforms (even Apple Music has an Android app). Their subscription prices are almost the same so the market seems to be very competitive and nothing like the iOS App Store.
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Re:Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing
by 8note on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @09:23PM
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Similar prices could also suggest cartel-like behaviour
Re:Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing
by trollian on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @09:47PM
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The contracts that the record labels offer to streaming platforms are (or were a decade ago when I was in the business) set up to strictly control the prices seen by end users but I'm sure their lawyers believe they can do this without running afoul of competition laws. Even if the effect is price fixing...