If Apple wanted to destroy Spotify they would simply drop prices by 30%, and Spotify would be unable to compete with that pricing because of the Apple tax.
Why should Apple have that much leverage? They didn't even "build the platform", they took an Open Source platform, put the Apple logo to it, and then proceeded to EEE like good old Microsoft.
Apple is in the wrong here, or they charge the Apple tax to music apps, or they have Apple music. They can't have both.
OTOH, I don't see Apple paying 30% of their revenue to the Open Source maintainers that made "the platform" possible.
Why should Apple have that much leverage? They didn't even "build the platform", they took an Open Source platform, put the Apple logo to it, and then proceeded to EEE like good old Microsoft.
Apple is in the wrong here, or they charge the Apple tax to music apps, or they have Apple music. They can't have both.
OTOH, I don't see Apple paying 30% of their revenue to the Open Source maintainers that made "the platform" possible.