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Spotify Cuts Off Subscribers Who Pay Via Apple's App Store

  • Spotify will no longer allow subscribers who pay through Apple's in-app purchase system to do so and is switching them to Spotify's free tier.
  • Apple charges a 30% commission on in-app purchases which Spotify wants to avoid paying.
  • Spotify stopped allowing new subscribers to pay through Apple's App Store in 2016 but existing subscribers could continue until now.
  • Spotify has long clashed with Apple over App Store policies and filed an anti-trust complaint against Apple with the European Commission.
  • Other companies like Netflix have also removed in-app subscription options from their iOS apps to bypass Apple's fees.
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