Apparently, the recent Dispute between Epic Games and Apple It has come out against Tim Cook, and that is that the most important brand in the world must allow users to access platforms external to their system for payments, which avoids the commission that Apple was taken for it.
Spotify has been one of the first to join this, and will begin with the United States, where Users can subscribe to plans through their website or external platformsavoiding the abusive Commission of Apple and saving money both to their clients and them, being those of the apple injured.
Apple will not commission for external payments
And it is that greedy breaks the sack, or so they say, since if the commission were something normal, it is likely that, for comfort, no platform will leave Apple, however, as they take between the 15% and 30% of each sale and subscriptionThe thing changes.
This is probable that we do not notice when buying a game, for example, since if it is worth 9.90 euros, we do not know how much each one stays, but we can observe it in other places like Twitch, where a subscription is worth at least 1 euro more than if we do it on the computer, which makes us understand that it is not that the platform wants to charge us more, but that Apple forces them.
The same goes for chatgpt, where the monthly plan is more expensive on iPhone, or even in games where a pack of coins is worth 2 or 3 euros more than in an android mobile of our friends.
This seems to change, Apple already has two options left, or losing users and that the platforms buy through external websites to which we will be redirected, or lower those abusive commissions preventing this from happening.
Spotify strongly criticized Apple's previous restrictions, describing as “absurd” that until now he could not offer such basic functions as showing prices or allowing external links. The company ensures that important barriers have been eliminated that Apple imposed and that this change “comes with a lot of delay.”
According to Spotify, this decision Open new opportunitiesespecially for creators, who can now grow their business and share their content more easily. For example, soon the editors can sell audiobooks directly from the platform.
In short, this will be a negative point for Apple, but positive for the rest, since not only Users will benefit from minor pricesbut the developers, especially small, will win more, so they are possibly motivated to do better functions and payment plans, because by being able to see that effort rewarded, staying all the cake, they will do better, I am sure.
And you, what do you think of all this? Do you think Apple should take money? For my part I think that if it is a purchase in the App Store, they should, since it is a way of advertising apps that possibly did not find their own way, however, pay more for a spotify subscription, in which Apple has not done anything, it seems absurd and more 30% of the cost of it.
