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Spotify themselves split revenue with artists 70/30, just like Apple

So in that same 30%, Spotify pays:

1. Engineering staff

2. Hosting costs (probably tens of millions of dollars annually)

3. All other liabilities

Apple for that 30% 1. Charges a credit card

2. Pushes app updates

3. "Verifies" app quality (aka ensure theres no payment links)

How is that remotely the same?

So with 1.5 Billion active iPhones, you think the only app store that powers them does not have any overhead?