Apple, Epic, & Margins

[webwalrus]

@anon85228692

In this whole domain I feel Spotify has a stronger case, as recently pointed by the EU. Spotify has to pay the App Store fee to Apple and Apple does not, which means, for music steaming services, Apple can charge less and therefore has a home advantage on its own platform that can be considered unfair.

Right. If Apple were running Apple Music as a separate business and had to plug into APIs and play by the same payment rules (i.e. be profitable while sacrificing a 30% cut - even if the 30% just goes to a different business unit) it would be much more fair.

@WayneG

@anon20961960

I disagree with policies like how developers can’t even say “go to our website”.

There is too much attention on app stores these days and some things are almost certainly going to change. IMO, this policy may be the first domino to fall.

Yeah. At that point the devs could at least offer customers the option to buy directly via their website, and Apple’s claims that customers prefer the App Store payment system could be tested.