YouTube and Spotify won't launch Apple Vision Pro apps, joining Netflix

Re:YouTube and Spotify won't launch Apple Vision Pro apps, j... by gmerc on Friday January 19, 2024 @01:25AM (#39052157)

As someone who worked on platform and partnership in big tech:

Because they smell leverage. Vision Pro adoption has to be subsidized by Apple, there’s no demand. To bootstrap demand popular apps with users need to be available. They have no risk of losing customers to a competitor by not shipping this.

So they are building negotiation ammo for a bit for the next round of conversations over platform fees, app review processes, etc.

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Re:YouTube and Spotify won't launch Apple Vision Pro apps, j... by fidotron on Friday January 19, 2024 @04:47AM (#39053551)

Heavy +1, as someone often involved from the other side.

For whatever reason the VR industry has been a particularly strange stand off ground in this universe because of a certain huge player trying to get mainstream user interest to take off to make their negotiating hand with potential suppliers much stronger, but it has not worked.

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Re:YouTube and Spotify won't launch Apple Vision Pro apps, j... by thih9 on Friday January 19, 2024 @04:58AM (#39053621)

All the more reason for apple to invest in apple tv+ and apple music i guess.

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Re:YouTube and Spotify won't launch Apple Vision Pro apps, j... by monkeydust on Friday January 19, 2024 @05:16AM (#39053743)

Yea that's is exactly it and fair play. Eg afaik Netflix pays double digit percentage points for in app sales to Apple through their app. Why shouldn't they then question that if Apple want them to support a totally new UX paradigm.

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