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Bypassing Apple's 30% commission, Spotify reiterated that its iOS app does not offer in-house purchase.

Shulou Source: shulou.com Published: 2023-12-24 09:58:37 09月21日 Update

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Terrence for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, December 9 (Xinhua)-- in order to avoid paying Apple a 30% commission, streaming music platform Spotify adjusted the iOS version of Spotify in 2016 to remove the option related to internal purchase.

According to foreign science and technology media MacRumors reports, in the latest Beta version of Spotify application, found the application purchase code, including in-application payment (IAP) checkout screen and purchase failed purchase retry panel.

Farshad Shadloo, global head of corporate and policy communication at Spotify, subsequently issued a statement to the media, stressing: "We currently have no plans to launch in-app payment (IAP)."

CTOnews.com reported in July this year that Spotify cancelled the Premium subscription service for former domestic users in July this year after removing the in-house option from its iOS app in 2016.

Related readings:

"dissatisfied with Apple's App Store policy, Spotify will cancel the Premium subscription service for former domestic users."

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