Google admits Spotify pays no Play Store fees because of a secret deal

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• Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  And users should care because…

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  • ArtificialLink@yall.theatl.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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?

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    • Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ 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.

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  • FreshLight@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    The most likely thing Spotify has offered in return is user data imo.

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