>If Spotify can't make money on the Apple store why not just charge whatever they need to, pretend it doesn't exist, and go for customers through different channels?
Because Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store are where everyone is.
Because Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store are where everyone is.
If customer acquisition is so expensive outside of the App Store then that's an argument that Apple's "we get 30% of all revenue made through us when you use our platform as a funnel" might actually be too low.