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No they don't! There's no reason Spotify can't pull their app, run an ad campaign, put pressure on Apple, negotiate a better deal, any number of other things. If Spotify thinks they can claw back part of the 30% apple tax, more power to them.



I agree. My issue is they're getting the Senate involved and going for regulatory capture, which in general isn't usually ideal for long term competition.


It's 15% not 30%.

What you're calling for is preferential treatment because they're an established player, which is quite humerous to me given how much HN loves "disrupters"


It is 30% for the first full year of the subscription, which is reduced to 15% after that year.


What's more likely, that people will give up their iPhones to use Spotify or that people will choose one of the other available streaming music services?




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