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Spotify Shares Its Vision for In-App Purchases Ahead of EU Regulation
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Apple built the playground but I own it. It should be my rules, not Apple's.
I'll leave Spotify when Apple enables casting via their iOS Music app, and allow publicly shareable playlists.
Color me surprised that Spotify's vision is that they get to use Apple's App Store and reach for free without paying anything to Apple for it whatsoever.
(Note: that's not to say that there aren't many draconian policies Apple has on the App Store that deserve to be abolished, because there are and they do.)
(Note: that's not to say that there aren't many draconian policies Apple has on the App Store that deserve to be abolished, because there are and they do.)
Apple owns the customer relationship and that's ultimately what this battle is about with Spotify - they want to use the platform to reach the customer but not pay Apple anything for it.
That's the beef here.
Imagine if Spotify did that... I'd actually root for them.
But I have no illusions anything like this is on the cards. This is about Spotify's bottom line, no one else's.
Are not they going to use sideloading? In this scenario Apple won't be doing anything. They just won't be involved.
Apple would like to have macOS locked down in a similar way. Unfortunately, that horse has left the stable and it is hard to get it back in. . . Albeit, Apple did create the App Store in order to capture some of that "lost" revenue.
In the real world you have a choice in what store you go to & what price you pay unlike iOS
You don't own the OS; Apple does. And you use it under the, agreed upon, Terms and Conditions. If you want to use your phone without iOS. . .
You do have a choice; don't buy an iPhone.
I think you're going to be sorely disappointed by how Apple implements side-loading
On iOS there is only one App Store so you don’t have a choice hence
Not having a choice that’s why iOS is getting opened up
I guess apple is running the experience, but you would never know it from the corporate valuation.
The playground would be empty without the users and the developers. Kinda like a mall, without the shoppers and the stores.
Also, mac is an open system, with the choice to use the app store, or not. So why not have the same principle apply to iOS?
Also, on iPadOS, iPad is literally using m1 and m2, the same chips inside a Macintosh. So why is the Mac open, but the iPad closed down? Is this about security, or is it more about revenue, or lack thereof?
You do have a choice to buy a product that fits your requirements. iPhones have at least a 2 week return policy so if the device isn’t for you there is a no questions asked return policy. Then buy an android.
To be fair, I feel like Apple does this to me all the time with Music and News.
Unfortunately for you
Help will always be given by the European Union
That is absolutely one of the worst comparisons I have ever witnessed on Macrumors and that says quite a bit.
You trust Apple with unlimited power rather than a union that is voted in and out regularly?
Tell me you are American without telling me you are American.
Apple won't send you free products no matter how much you try to bash consumer rights. Aimlessly defending billion dollar companies to make more is suspiciously strange.