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> I think that's a very hypothetical claim.

How is this is a hypothetical claim? It is blatantly obvious. Spotify's early days were entirely dependent on the mobile marketplace. Even now, desktop use constitutes a tiny fraction of their total users.

It's not a hypothetical claim at all, really.

> 30% / 15% is a very steep price / revenue loss

Source? Because 30% / 15% is a common middleman commision for most platforms.

> Google provides a similar App store service

This is ridiculously far from the truth. Google's Play Store isn't curated in the least. Malware regularly pops up, the review process is effectively nonexistent, and the quality of apps on the Play Store is thus far below what one can get from the App Store.

There are costs to reviewing every app. I don't think it's fair for you to say 30% is unfair unless you (a) compare the costs to other middlemen, and (b) figure out how expensive the review process and other infrastructure is.

In general, all you really seem to be doing is promoting freeloading off the App Store. Utilize the benefits it provides, but have users pay for your service via a side-channel so you don't have to contribute back to the ecosystem.



> Spotify's early days were entirely dependent on the mobile marketplace

Spotify's earliest days were before smartphones. I had Spotify on my computers before they'd even released an iPhone app.


This is response to Spotify's site which has the timeline - https://timetoplayfair.com/timeline/

Spotify launched on Desktop after the App Store launched.


> Spotify launched on Desktop after the App Store launched.

Your link seems to say the opposite.


Um, no? Are you confusing between launch of the App Store itself and launch of Spotify's app on App Store?


You're acting like Apple gets nothing out of a healthy app ecosystem (if there weren't apps, no one would bother to buy an iPhone), or from their App Store review process (many people prefer the iPhone because they feel safer with iPhone apps than they would with Android apps). It's not like Apple provides a developer SDK and reviews apps out of the goodness of its heart.


Underrated comment.




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