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Apple Rejected Spotify's App Update Adding Audiobook Support
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They knew it would get rejected — just like Epic when they knowingly violated the developer agreement. They are like children that do things they know are wrong, but crave attention so much that they do it anyway.
Different model. You buy audiobooks outside of the AppStore, the audible app is just a player.
While true, they initially had to fight just for the option to support HomePod; same scenario here, it's a never-ending battle.
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While true, they initially had to fight just for the option to support HomePod; same scenario here, it's a never-ending battle.
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Is that why Spotify still isn’t supporting the Apple TV? Past a certain point, crying “unfair” only goes so far the excuse the areas Spotify is lagging behind in.
Most emulators are open source like on F-Droid for Android
Ooooh an email, oh the horror.
It's basically the same thing. Apple also approved Spotifys implementation and then rejected it
The sooner the App Store gets taken to the regulatory cleaners the better.
Ooooh an email, oh the horror.
It's basically the same thing. Apple also approved Spotifys implementation and then rejected it
Which just means its policies are constantly under review.
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I believe the record companies negotiate those rates not the artists themselves.
I have to agree I do not think Apple is going to be satisfied and stop until the DOJ or the US congress put an end to this uncompetitive nonsense by Apple.
Spotify has not taken Epic’s route since they did not circumvent the rules. I suspect Apple will be in legal trouble if they can not get the anti steering ruling thrown out since it bans the behavior Apple is currently engaging in.
If I get malware on my device because I downloaded something sketchy, that's my fault, my hardware. Look at macOS.
I’m happy to see Apple playing fair with Spotify. Spotify is not exactly playing fair with Apple… 🌬💴😉
Apple sure is insecure, if they had confidence in their offerings being the best, why shut out competition?
I am sure that is the same reason why Apple will not allow you to choose your voice assistant like Google does on Android since they know their services are inferior to their competitors.
Aren’t billionaire cat fights fun! It’s like watching two drunk people at closing time argue over who pays for the cab ride home. All those smells of beer and urine and vomit just make you think of home. 😜
Apple and Spotify are once again feuding as Spotify attempts to break into the audiobook market, reports The New York Times. Apple has reportedly rejected Spotify's latest app update three times in the last month.
Over the years, Apple and Spotify have had a long running dispute over Apple's App Store policies, with multiple public conflicts over app and subscription fees and app rejections due to Spotify's attempts to skirt the up to 30 percent cut that Apple takes from purchases.
Apple says that Spotify is again trying to get around its App Store rules, and the Cupertino company claims that Spotify's audiobooks update is not in line with guidelines that cover how apps can communicate with users about purchasing options outside of the App Store.
Apple last year agreed to an App Store rule change that allows developers to use communications like email to share information methods about payment options that are available outside of an iOS app, but Spotify is running into issues attempting to implement this feature. With the rule change, Spotify wanted to direct customers to buy books online to listen to in the app, rather than giving Apple a cut of its audiobook sales.
Apple apparently told Spotify that it can send customers emails about online purchases, but Spotify is not able to offer a button inside of the app to request emails. The feature was designed with Spotify's legal team involved, and Apple initially approved the update in September, but later reversed course, rejecting subsequent updates.
Spotify designed a nine-step process for purchasing an audiobook, which involved a customer tapping on an audiobook and seeing a screen with a lock over the play button. Pressing on the play button provided customers with a page where they could request information on how to buy a book through an email, and the email offered up a link to purchase the book.
According to The New York Times, an Apple spokesperson said that Apple does not have objections to audiobooks in the Spotify app, but Spotify cannot circumvent the rules around web addresses and language encouraging customers to make purchases outside of the app.
After the multiple rejections from Apple, Spotify released a version of the app that removes information about how to purchase an audiobook from the Spotify website, which Apple did approve. Spotify now informs users that there is no option to buy an audiobook in the app. "We know it's not ideal," says Spotify in the app text.
Spotify in 2019 filed a regulatory complaint with the European Union over Apple's App Store practices, and it maintains an anti-Apple "Time to Play Fair" website. Spotify has continued to meet with European regulators, but the case has not concluded as of yet. Spotify has also sided with Epic Games in the Epic Games v. Apple legal battle, and it participates in the "Coalition for App Fairness" alongside Epic Games, Tile, and others who are unhappy with Apple's "anti-competitive" policies.
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They are playing fair. Spotify is trying to take Apple customers without compensating them for attracting them in the first place. Maybe Apple should purchase all of Spotify’s ad inventory on their platforms to promote Apple Music and Apple’s Podcasts with half price deals for 3 years after 6 months free.
I don’t think Spotify would approve those ads.
It’s more like they know that Google and Amazon’s options are designed for data gathering first and foremost and that lovers of these companies have no clue. Including the tech heads that are constantly pushing them.
You are telling me that Apple losing all their Siri users to their competitors on iPhone is not factoring in their decision making at all. Not to mention Apple is starting to monitor user interactions with Siri to attempt to improve but it is a little too late and by the time Apple catches up Google/Amazon Alexa will be further ahead AI wise.