The rich irony of this being that Apple has been cracking down on this behavior in the App Store. There was just a segment on it this morning on CNBC from the BaseCamp founder.
And are actively in a lawsuit with Spotify about this very thing
Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details to avoid Google 30% cut
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Re: Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details to avoid Google 30% cut
#12I don't understand what the screenshot is trying to convey.
This seems to be a support screenshot of the Apple Music app, running on Android. In it, it's asking for the user to enter payment information directly, rather than using Google's payment platform.
The significance of this is that Apple is coming under fire lately for their policies around "everyone must use our built-in payments platform" so we can extract 30% of the value of anything you do on our platform that makes money. And indeed, the EU Commission have opened an investigation into Apple on antitrust around this and Apple Pay.
Re: Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details to avoid Google 30% cut
#13People keep writing about businesses like they are surprised they aren't moral entities with consistent moral logic. Businesses take whatever action or position they can to maximize their results. The more power the business has, the more they can leverage that power to get what they want. This should just be the default assumption at this point and we should talk about if that is ok for society, not keep feigning surprise at the offense of the day.
Re: Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details to avoid Google 30% cut
#14Unless google has a similar rule, which states DIY in app purchase solutions aren't allowed, I dont see what's the fault of Apple here? What kind of a business wants to give away free money? I don't see hypocrisy unless they're breaking TOS.
I don't follow why breaking the TOS is required to qualify for behaving in a hypocritical manner.
Re: Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details to avoid Google 30% cut
#15hypocrite much?
Have they been making a moral argument that they deserve a cut?
Re: Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details to avoid Google 30% cut
#16Agree with comments. Apple is about shareholder value, like it or not. They are not a non-profit agency.
Re: Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details to avoid Google 30% cut
#17Could someone give more context? The screenshot isn't telling that much...
Re: Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details to avoid Google 30% cut
#18Unless google has a similar rule, which states DIY in app purchase solutions aren't allowed, I dont see what's the fault of Apple here? What kind of a business wants to give away free money? I don't see hypocrisy unless they're breaking TOS.
Google does have a similar rule. https://play.google.com/about/monetization-ads/payments/
Re: Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details to avoid Google 30% cut
#19Unless google has a similar rule, which states DIY in app purchase solutions aren't allowed, I dont see what's the fault of Apple here? What kind of a business wants to give away free money? I don't see hypocrisy unless they're breaking TOS.
It's hypocritical because of the very fact their Apple's own terms and conditions enforces the monopolistic "your 30 percent belongs to us" rule.
Re: Apple Music on Android requires its own payment details to avoid Google 30% cut
#20Unless google has a similar rule, which states DIY in app purchase solutions aren't allowed, I dont see what's the fault of Apple here? What kind of a business wants to give away free money? I don't see hypocrisy unless they're breaking TOS.
Yes absolutely. As with the exceptions on iOS (Netflix is outside the iOS payment system) i suspect it's a case that certain apps are large enough that kicking them off the store for not paying the 30% tax isn't feasible.
>Developers offering products within a game downloaded on Google Play or providing access to game content must use Google Play In-app Billing as the method of payment.