Hey is currently only for individuals, there is no free option, every user must pay.
(I'm not defending Apple taking a cut of subscriptions. Just pointing out a difference.)
Which, from a consumer point of view I appreciate it. I like Apple subscriptions.
However, for the businesses selling the 30% cut is hard to stomach.
Netflix doesn't.
Hey is trying to do just exact same thing but surfing on the verbosity and not business power per se.
A smaller business or an individual has no option but to get screwed by apple because they have no power.
Shouldn't we be fighting for a level playing field?
Big companies such as Netflix, Disney etc. are drivers, they have impact on the user base. If Netflix stopped working on Apple's devices we would see huge outflow of users.
Hey on the other hand is a passenger. Sure, they might have 50k users in the queue, but them not being on Apple's platforms will probably shrink this number significantly. It's unlikely that Android users will switch to Apple because of the Hey experience.
From that it boils down to personal views. If one thinks that driver should have the same amount of power as passenger this scenario is upsetting.
Yet this is not universal view and I'd argue that the opposite view is the "norm". We have celebrities who can get more while spending less, specialists in the fields who have a lot of bonuses average Joe doesn't and well known businesspeople who have access to business which are out of reach. Do you imagine having 1.8b$ debt ? And yet Donald Trump was in that position long before he became POTUS.
Hey is exercising the same stuff. They want to become celebrity to slide. They don't fight for the change of rules. They fight for Hey to be approved.