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umami_wasabi@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Google admits Spotify pays no Play Store fees because of a secret deal | TechCrunch

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Google during a testimony in the Epic vs Google trial said that a deal with Spotify allows the audio company to completely bypass Play Store fees.
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    Were owned by Epic then sold to Songtradr last month

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      Thanks. Did you hear how it affects users like us?

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        As far as we know it’s business as usual but I would make sure to have a copy of everything I’ve bought if I were you, when a business gets passed around like that (and sold at a loss) it doesn’t bode well…

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          Yeah, right. Thanks to BC it’s so easy.

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        They got rid of a whole bunch of staff, so the service is effectively on life support.

        https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-10-16/bandcamp-layoffs-songtradr-epic-games#:~:text=Bandcamp.&text=Indie music hub Bandcamp has,video game publisher Epic Games.

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          Shit. Thanks you too for these news.

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        They are removing lots of the nice things they did like days when an the revenue goes to artists

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