I guess I'm still trying to figure out why Spotify and Apple Music cross some new line. The iOS app store has been around since 2008 and the macOS app store since 2011. The entire time Apple has sold their own apps side-by-side with competitors. Aperture, Logic, Final Cut Pro are all professional apps sold side-by-side with third party apps. You also have ebooks and music stores, too.
How would you classify iMovie, Pages, etc? They were sold on the store and now offered for free and compete with others.
> With Apple, there's no option to provide Spotify to iPhone users except through Apple's own store.
Kindle, Audible, Netflix, HBO and a bunch of others have been on there for years. Netflix tested the waters with subscribing through Apple and went back to offering it outside of the store. I don't think Kindle ever has.
How would you classify iMovie, Pages, etc? They were sold on the store and now offered for free and compete with others.
> With Apple, there's no option to provide Spotify to iPhone users except through Apple's own store.
Kindle, Audible, Netflix, HBO and a bunch of others have been on there for years. Netflix tested the waters with subscribing through Apple and went back to offering it outside of the store. I don't think Kindle ever has.