[matwood]

It's also not just APIs. I would argue more importantly, Apple has cultivated a platform with the most affluent users. Otherwise Spotify wouldn't care if they were on the minority platform in the EU. Apple's argument is the work they have done to get high paying users on the iOS platform is worth something to people who want to sell to that group.

[mderazon]

What work have they done differently than Android / Google that brings the higher paying users to the platform ?

I am not sure you could find a clear line between the work they've done and the outcome of having high paying customers

[matwood]

It's a great question. Clear lines are always hard, but something has differentiated the two. And it may be less about what Apple has done, and more that Google is not a very good product company.

IMO, having used both platforms, Apple hardware and ecosystem/platform works better for me. /shrug

[tristan957]

Spotify's app is free to download, and iOS users cannot buy a subscription to Spotify on the app. I don't understand your argument.