Many fewer folks use Spotify on desktop OSs, it's common for Netflix.
Netflix is well positioned to fight Apple over this, and if they call Apple's bluff, Apple will likely be forced to consider.
They do for quite a few items in their catalog - probably not even a majority, but quite a few nonetheless.
Of course, there is no way they would use that negotiated the percentage for the rest of us.
I think it would take an anti-trust action of some sort to cause a dent here, but I'm not holding my breath.
Well, it's not like iPhone users can't simply buy Androids. I have mostly iOS household with a few Androids sitting around - mostly unpowered and gathering dust (kids use them mainly to watch Netflix on road trips).
I think Netflix has a strong position to negotiate with Apple over this.
Its true that both companies have a strong position. Netflix just doesn’t have quite as much leverage in theirs.
They’ll be allowed to move the purchase off the App Store just like Amazon / Spotify have done, so long as they don’t link to it directly from the app. The question that remains is when will smaller apps start to follow suit, and will they be able to get away with what Netflix / Amazon / Spotify do, and what will be the effect of this pressure? It’s hard for an unknown developer to say “hey, actually, go to my website to do this and heh, sorry but, I can’t link you there!” But for behemoths, it’s almost trivial to do so. There will still be user drop off there even for behemoths, just likely not as bad.