> Users cannot subscribe to Spotify in app, so Apple makes no money from
They don’t? This is because of the limitation puts on the App. Apple Music users can easily subscribe thanks to Apple being not negatively affected by its own restrictions.
> while providing all the R&D they use to play audio on the device for free
So you’re saying the developers fees pay for their R&D. So am I with my phone purchase. So I’m simply paying twice. To quote yourself, that is
> Simply absurd logic.
> Apple has built all the key innovations which make mobile music streaming a viable product, gives it to the biggest music streaming service
Have they? Spotify was a thing on the desktop way before it was on iPhone. Apple didn’t invent mp3 and all sorts of other stuff. They built the platform for their phones, no more, no less.
> gives it to the biggest music streaming service for free
It’s not free, quite the opposite. It comes with a steep fee when you sell on their platform.
> They don’t? This is because of the limitation puts on the App.
Just because there’s some reason for why Apple does not make money from Spotify does not invalidate the fact. Meanwhile, your entire argument depended on a false premise.
> Have they? Spotify was a thing on the desktop way before it was on iPhone.
And Rhapsody was on desktop way before Spotify. There’s a reason it didn’t take off.
> It’s not free, quite the opposite. It comes with a steep fee when you sell on their platform.
What steep fee? The one that the biggest music streaming company does not pay? How can a fee be both required and uncollected?
They don’t? This is because of the limitation puts on the App. Apple Music users can easily subscribe thanks to Apple being not negatively affected by its own restrictions.
> while providing all the R&D they use to play audio on the device for free
So you’re saying the developers fees pay for their R&D. So am I with my phone purchase. So I’m simply paying twice. To quote yourself, that is
> Simply absurd logic.
> Apple has built all the key innovations which make mobile music streaming a viable product, gives it to the biggest music streaming service
Have they? Spotify was a thing on the desktop way before it was on iPhone. Apple didn’t invent mp3 and all sorts of other stuff. They built the platform for their phones, no more, no less.
> gives it to the biggest music streaming service for free
It’s not free, quite the opposite. It comes with a steep fee when you sell on their platform.