• @[email protected]
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    71 year ago

    I’m gonna go out on a limb and say I think this is done to prevent anticompetitive issues. If Google were to profit off of both its own product (youtube / yt music) and also require its competitors to pay it a % of revenue, it would potentially open them up to more anticompetitive lawsuits.

    • @essteeyou
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      61 year ago

      They don’t do the same for ebooks with Kindle, which is why Amazon has removed the ability to buy them from the app. I’d be surprised if that was the reason for Spotify.

      • @buzziebee
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        11 year ago

        That got turned back on for me? Did they change it only for a few markets?