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by mikeyouse 2544 days ago
Everything except for Spotify :-(
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george_perez 2544 days ago
Well, that's on Spotify to do. They've been able to do it forever. Tidal has an Apple TV app.
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wmf 2544 days ago
Isn't Spotify tied up in a dispute about the 30% cut? If they pay 70% to the labels and 30% to Apple that leaves them nothing to operate on.
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tomjakubowski 2544 days ago
Couldn't they offer an app with no in-app "buy a subscription" option and avoid paying that Apple tax? I guess added value for existing subscribers isn't very appealing on its own.
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syshum 2543 days ago
Apple has come down hard on devs attempting to do that.
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scarface74 2543 days ago
There is an existence proof that that isn’t the case. Spotify, Netflix, Sling, and DirecTVNow are all in the App Store and none of them allow subscriptions from within the App Store.
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syshum 2543 days ago
That is simply proof of selective enforcement. your examples have HUGE preexisting User Base, should apple ban them it would have a real effect on Apple Adoption rates

They are big enough to make apple bow, other apps are not like that

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scarface74 2543 days ago
No. Spotify hasn’t allowed you to subscribe through the App Store for years. Netflix has also disallowed new subscriptions through the App Store.

That does not stop Spotify from releasing an AppleTV app.

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