Peter Steinberger

@steipete @uliwitness nope, it’s bullshit. They are complaining about a rule that’s been there since IAP was in introduced.

@pburford @steipete It's also a rule that's been bullshit since IAP was introduced ^_^ #justMyOpinion #iDoNotSpeakForMyEmployer

@uliwitness @steipete their shop their rules.

@pburford @uliwitness That’s precisely why we need governments to regulate that. It’s like Windows in the 90ies with Internet Explorer.

@steipete @uliwitness Windows had 90+% market share iOS worldwide is 20-30%. Not really a valid comparison.

@pburford @steipete @uliwitness Apple owns 100% of the iPhone/iPad/iPod market, so it is a valid comparison IMO. Direct competition limited

@RicPerrott @pburford @steipete Not sure that counts. That's like saying McDonald's has 100% of the McDonald's market covered.

@steipete short of creating our own mobile platform (with blackjack, and hookers) I don't see what we can do about it.

@steipete from the article, it sounds like Spotify tried to change the terms of their arrangement, not Apple, as they're implying.

@nicklockwood True. They’re stretching things. Still somewhat root for them just because I’m not a fan of the walled garden.

@steipete yeah, don't like Apple rejecting for competition (as opposed to quality/security) but Spotify isn't getting unfair treatment here.

@steipete and really, it's not good UX for every app to use it's own payment system. So really what Spotify want is *special* treatment.

@steipete Apple should be more flexible about their cut tho. It's more important apps use Pay than that they profit from every transaction.

@steipete apps like Amazon taking payment via Pay in-app with 1% cut for Apple would be better for users, Apple, & Amazon than current hack

@steipete (I was thinking of Kindle, rather than the Amazon store app, but I guess it applies to both to some extent)