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Re:Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotif... by shreyansh_k on Monday March 04, 2024 @08:32AM (#39590250)
I am just going to flip this argument to put things in perspective and add a bit of contrast.

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What is the value again? Playing music?

Spotify could just charge for services rendered, ie number of hours played, rather than a flat fee.

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Re:Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotif... by Hikikomori on Monday March 04, 2024 @09:04AM (#39590624)
You could, and any other music service could compete with Spotify on pricing. The difference here is that Apple also compete with Spotify with their own music service while they also want a 30% cut on Spotifys income.
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Re:Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotif... by TrickardRixx on Monday March 04, 2024 @09:46AM (#39591111)
And Apple would still demand 30% of it. Not sure how Spotify's fee structure has anything to do with Apple's fans' arguments that they're totally not behaving anticompetitively.
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