This is newsworthy because Google and Apple are facing lawsuits regarding their forced 30% price cut for years now.
Also, imagine you are an indie Android Developer/small company and want to sell an app. Nowadays for the first $1M in revenue it's a 15% cut, above that (and it used to be since the first $) 30%. But hooray, the big company Spotify pays 0% to 4%.
And then the Google guy says, quote from the article: "These key investment partnerships allow us to bring more users to Android and Play by continuously improving the experience for all users and create new opportunities for all developers."
So yeah indie dev or small company, Google says you should be glad they only take 0-4% from Spotify, that way all Android users have an improved experience!
Not only is this shameful from a morale perspective, but also lawsuits & the EU will have even more arguments against Google now.
Bonus: In the last paragraph Spotify is also shown as hypocrite - taking advantage of a 0-4% deal with Google, but at the same time joining a "Coalition for App Fairness" to reduce fees.
>n the last paragraph Spotify is also shown as hypocrite - taking advantage of a 0-4% deal with Google, but at the same time joining a "Coalition for App Fairness" to reduce fees
but, what's the problem?, yeah they are paying less, but better they're playing less and still helping everyone than paying less and be against app fairness
Also, imagine you are an indie Android Developer/small company and want to sell an app. Nowadays for the first $1M in revenue it's a 15% cut, above that (and it used to be since the first $) 30%. But hooray, the big company Spotify pays 0% to 4%.
And then the Google guy says, quote from the article: "These key investment partnerships allow us to bring more users to Android and Play by continuously improving the experience for all users and create new opportunities for all developers."
So yeah indie dev or small company, Google says you should be glad they only take 0-4% from Spotify, that way all Android users have an improved experience!
Not only is this shameful from a morale perspective, but also lawsuits & the EU will have even more arguments against Google now. Bonus: In the last paragraph Spotify is also shown as hypocrite - taking advantage of a 0-4% deal with Google, but at the same time joining a "Coalition for App Fairness" to reduce fees.