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  • Spotify says Apple rejected update over App Store policies, 'causing grave harm' to service

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    rogifan_new said:
    nolamacguy said:
    there we go again w/ the misdirection about the credit card fee -- as if that was the purported reason for the 30%. nope. the 30% is rent to do busines in Apple's shopping mall, which they designed, built, and maintain with their own money. if you want to do business inside of it, you gotta pay rent. if apple didnt charge the fee for subscription apps, then all the other one-time-payment apps wouldnt instantly switch to subscription to avoid paying the 30% for their apps. that would be stupid. 

    its pretty clear. you cant walk into the Mall of America and sell magazine subscriptions for free, can you? same thing.
    Does Target get 30% of every magazine subscription for magazines it sells in its stores? Should Apple pay 30% of stores sales to every mall owner where they have a store located? Most of the apps on my iOS devices I downloaded for free. Should there be no free apps on the App Store? Is Apple's support for CNN's free app different than their support for the Spotify app (other than the credit card transaction for Spotify's service)?

    It's a user safety issue alongside the money thing. Apple doesn't allow apps to direct users away from the app to pay, so that malicious app makers can't use that to steal customer data. Sure, spotify isn't likely going to try to steal your credit card info, but the rule is in place to prevent others from doing that. 

    Also to note; Google takes a cut of purchases and subscriptions made in their Android Market of 30%. Apple is lowering their subscription take to 15%. 
    latifbp