[EMIRELADERO]

The consumption happens inside Spotify however.

Spotify is like an old-time records store where you'd get the chance to listen to a CD/vinyl record you picked from the aisle before buying it (except that in this case it's a subscription and you stay in the "store" the whole time)

The App Store is like an electronics market where you purchase appliances that you take home and use later.

[stouset]

The consumption of apps happens inside Apple devices.

The only meaningful difference is the subscription model vs. purchasing.

[EMIRELADERO]

> The consumption of apps happens inside Apple devices.

...which the users own (including the individual iOS copy inside, with all the APIs those apps use)

[stouset]

You have strayed so far from the original point I have no idea how this is relevant.

[EMIRELADERO]

The users own their devices and the iOS copies inside them. Apple has no business being in the middle once the initial device sale is concluded.