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.
  • nixcamic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    251·
    11 months ago

    If you want to start a competitor to Spotify or Google music, you will have to pay those fees making it almost impossible for you to compete.

    • ricecakeEnglish
      61·
      11 months ago

      A company giving special access to it’s competition on a platform they control is usually used as an indicator of not being anticompetitive.

      I hadn’t considered it from a “collusion” angle.

      • Herbal GamerEnglish
        31·
        11 months ago

        it would be different if it was for all it’s competition.

        • ricecakeEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Eh, when Microsoft was required to ask you which browser you wanted, they didn’t need to offer every browser, just theirs, firefox and Chrome.

          This could definitely be collusion, but I don’t think that not extending it to all competitiors is what makes it that.

          • Herbal GamerEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            Microsoft didn’t make the other browsers pay for the privilege of being a browser though.