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Apple today announced Apple One, a series of new subscription bundles that provide access to various Apple services at a combined monthly price.

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In response, Spotify sent out statements (via Peter Kafka) to the press decrying Apple's anti-competitive behavior and calling on "competition authorities" to stop Apple before it is able to cause "irreparable harm" to developers.
Once again, Apple is using its dominant position and unfair practices to disadvantage competitors and deprive consumers by favoring its own services. We call on competition authorities to act urgently to restrict Apple's anti-competitive behavior, which if left unchecked, will cause irreparable harm to the developer community and threaten our collective freedoms to listen, learn, create, and connect.
There are three separate Apple One plans that start at $14.95 per month. The standard plan includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and 50GB of iCloud storage. Individually, these services would be priced at $21, so customers are saving $6 per month.

The Family Apple One plan includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and 200GB of iCloud storage for $19.95 per month, and all of the services can be shared among up to six family members. Individually, these services would be priced at $27.96.

The Premier Apple One plan, priced at $29.95 per month, includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple News+, Apple Fitness+, and 2TB of iCloud storage, which can be shared among up to six family members. The Premier plan offers the greatest savings as these services would be priced at $54.94 individually.

Spotify has long been unhappy with Apple Music as it is installed by default on iPhones and it also does not require extra fees for customers who purchase a subscription on an Apple device. Spotify, meanwhile, has to pay Apple's 30 percent cut to provide access to a premium subscription purchase on an Apple device.

Article Link: Spotify Says Apple One Bundle Will Cause 'Irreparable Harm to Developer Community'
 

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If this is anti-competitive, then so is Amazon prime, and so is Spotify. Spotify has several partners that get you free months, or free unlimited access to their premium subscriptions if you have a certain carrier, or you buy a certain vehicle, etc. How is this any different?
Maybe Spotify should partner with epic games and make some type of fortnight Spotify premium service.
 

jinnj

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So what's stopping Spotify from signing a deal with companies and offering a bundled log in, say Netflix, something for games like FB Game marketplace? As long as you log in with the same credentials and do all the billing off-app, isn't this possible?
They already do this with companies like the New York Times.
 
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coolboy561995

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Oh give me a break! Spotify et al. are only after destroying Apple (or at the very least bringing them into disrepute) so that they can seize a slightly larger slice of the pie that is the steadfast euphemism for market share. And what may follow upon such a fundamental shift? Will these other players show the same commitment to preventing excessive expenditure by excitable children or problem gamers (in the case of Epic)? Of course not. They prophesy an illusion of falling on their swords for consumers but make no mistake, they are merely a lower, more spindly branch on the tree of rampant consumerism from which everyone in the Western world benefits to some degree
 

ouimetnick

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Cry me a river. This is no different than than Amazon Prime.
Why doesn’t Spotify get into the streaming tv business making original content like Apple did a few years ago?

Why doesn’t Spotify create their own news service like Apple did a few years ago?

Why doesn’t Spotify have their own subscription gaming platform like Apple (or Steam)?

Why doesn’t Spotify have a fitness subscription like Apple just came out with?

Maybe if they spent a little less on lawyers and complaining and instead invested that money into branching into other services, they could be a real competitor instead of crying.
 
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