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FTC looking into Apple's treatment of rival music streaming services in Apple App Store

article published on 12 July, 2015

The U.S. FTC has begun an initial investigation into Apple's treatment of rival music streaming apps and whether the practices are illegal under current antitrust law. Apple takes a 30 percent cut on every in-app purchase for digital goods, including streaming subscriptions, causing a big issue for companies like Spotify, Deezer and Rdio. Each streaming service charges $9.99 a month ... [ read the full article ]

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SuperSVGA
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_ 		13. July 2015 @ 15:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I didn't even realize in app purchases were an option for those streaming services. If they're that worried about losing 30%, why do they use in app purchases?
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Bozobub
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_ 		16. July 2015 @ 12:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by SuperSVGA:
 I didn't even realize in app purchases were an option for those streaming services. If they're that worried about losing 30%, why do they use in app purchases?

Because you can purchase a subscription to each service from within their streaming app.
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