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Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing

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Re: Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing

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Post by version_five »

I have paid spotify but I can't remember how I got the all or paid for it, other than there is not way it involved google because I wouldn't do that.

Is this a compromise that gives google some in-app purchases that used to go to spotify, or is it the opposite?

And I wonder if it means some kind of data sharing with google? One whiff of google involvement in the actual experience or data use would be the end of my spotify subscription. If it's just a settlement about app store rules then I don't care.

Re: Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing

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Post by dannyw »

lbotos wrote: post #3

Is this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" play where Google makes Apple look bad in an effort to avoid some of the regulations that might catch Apple? I cant figure out why Google would want this otherwise?

The EU has been looking into this for months now, and statements made by the Commission have not been kind to Google.

I suspect Google expects an incoming loss.

Re: Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing

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Post by judge2020 »

Spotify doesn't disclose their pay cut so I have to assume Google is still getting their cut of revenue, maybe 25% with payment processor fees taken into account instead of 30%, since they surely wouldn't want to set a precedent of any digital content app being able to not pay for the OS/platform by simply adding their own payment method (otherwise Epic wouldn't have needed their lawsuit).

Re: Spotify and Google Announce User Choice Billing

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Post by lalos »

lbotos wrote: post #3

Is this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" play where Google makes Apple look bad in an effort to avoid some of the regulations that might catch Apple? I cant figure out why Google would want this otherwise?

Retaliation from all the iPhone privacy ads, modern capitalistic warfare.

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Post by eurasiantiger »

version_five wrote: post #2

I have paid spotify but I can't remember how I got the all or paid for it, other than there is not way it involved google because I wouldn't do that. Is this a compromise that gives google some in-app purchases that used to go to spotify, or is it the opposite? And I wonder if it means some kind of data sharing with google? One whiff of google involvement in the actual experience or data use would be the end of my sp…

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