Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for app store changes
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Re: Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for app store changes
#2"The Coalition for App Fairness", I cannot not laugh.
On the stage you have:
Epic - Trying to be the next Valve/Steam. Happy to rip off their customers via in-game transactions.
Spotify - Who rip off artists by either failing or paying very little in royalties.
Tinder - Sells sex.
None of these companies have any care for the actual developer; who are the folk trying to make a living from their creations.
Re: Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for app store changes
#3Apple built their controlled ecosystem and set their rules. And now others are insisting that Apple should not have that control (even when they themselves are doing the same thing).
Re: Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for app store changes
#4"The Coalition for App Fairness", I cannot not laugh. On the stage you have: Epic - Trying to be the next Valve/Steam. Happy to rip off their customers via in-game transactions. Spotify - Who rip off artists by either failing or paying very little in royalties. Tinder - Sells sex. None of these companies have any care for the actual developer; who are the folk trying to make a living from their creations.
70% of Spotify's revenue goes to rights holders. That's not ripping off artists. Streaming royalties have been the largest segment of music rights holder revenue for several years.
The record labels negotiated these deals and had all of the power. Also, all music streaming services have effectively the same deals. Spotify does not have preferential treatment.
Artists can distribute their music without Spotify. Spotify cannot distribute its app to iOS users without Apple.
Re: Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for app store changes
#5"The Coalition for App Fairness", I cannot not laugh. On the stage you have: Epic - Trying to be the next Valve/Steam. Happy to rip off their customers via in-game transactions. Spotify - Who rip off artists by either failing or paying very little in royalties. Tinder - Sells sex. None of these companies have any care for the actual developer; who are the folk trying to make a living from their creations.
Many good things in history happened because bad people had interest of them happening. At hominem attacks does not invalidate a claim.
P.S. I'm not downvoting but still trying to bring everyone down is a low-quality argument.
Re: Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for app store changes
#6"The Coalition for App Fairness", I cannot not laugh. On the stage you have: Epic - Trying to be the next Valve/Steam. Happy to rip off their customers via in-game transactions. Spotify - Who rip off artists by either failing or paying very little in royalties. Tinder - Sells sex. None of these companies have any care for the actual developer; who are the folk trying to make a living from their creations.
All three allow games, music, and dating to happen outside of their platforms. The Apple equivalent would be Microsoft not allowing any program being installed from outside their store or Tinder closing down all bars in a city to lower competition.
Re: Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for app store changes
#7Apple built their controlled ecosystem and set their rules. And now others are insisting that Apple should not have that control (even when they themselves are doing the same thing).
It's a monopoly, and it's illegal.
Re: Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for app store changes
#8Spotify?
"The Coalition for", um, "App Fairness"?
Yeah. I guess maybe sometimes you have to make a deal with the devil. But as a musician, I can't bring myself to do this one.
Re: Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for app store changes
#9Apple built their controlled ecosystem and set their rules. And now others are insisting that Apple should not have that control (even when they themselves are doing the same thing).
It's a monopoly, and it's illegal.
Apple clearly has competitors that have a much larger share of the market.