[wonder_bread]

A brilliant CEO in Elk and an unfortunate industry. It will be interesting to see how they face marginalization. The risk factors of Apple being able to retain 100% of their revenue while Spotify being forced to give away 30% back to Apple is kind of sad. It really does feel like there's continuously diminishing opportunities for companies to get in front of consumers without facing some sort of platform tax.

[erikrothoff]

Spotify stopped using in-app subscriptions in their iOS app. I'd love to see the numbers comparing user growth rate vs cost caused by the in-app subscriptions, that led them to their decision.

[dmlittle]

Where do you see this 30% fee that Spotify has to pay to Apple? The app itself is free.

[teemwerk]

spotify premium is $10. it used to be if you subscribed to spotify premium through the app store it cost $13 because Apple literally wants 30% of any money that changes hands through the app store. otherwise you give spotify $10 directly and go on your way.

[wonder_bread]

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/subscriptions/

[on_and_off]

subscriptions throughout the app store.