The most likely thing Spotify has offered in return is user data imo.
Comment on Google admits Spotify pays no Play Store fees because of a secret deal
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
And users should care because…
FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
ArtificialLink@yall.theatl.social 10 months ago
Because that means some developers are being arbitrarily charged at 30% fee basically. In Google has iterated over and over again that they don’t really want to negotiate it yet. For some reason they were willing to make a secret deal with Spotify?
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
And?
I don’t understand this fascination with people and then wanting to know legal business dealings. If it’s illegal, have them put into the court system. But even then, it has nothing to do with users.
Arose8334@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Hackernews isn’t really catering to average end users.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
It’s your average users who seem to love being fed weird business news and celebrity gossip junk though…
Oisteink@feddit.nl 10 months ago
This isn’t hn though, is it?