Spotify warns of HUGE price rise that could add £35 onto your bill – and he’s blaming Apple for the rogue hikeBy Sean Keach, Digital Technology and Science EditorSPOTIFY has warned of a potential price hike for customers around the world – as a result of an ongoing spat with Apple.
"You can see us having no other choice than to accept the 30% fee put in place, which essentially would mean we would have to raise our prices for consumers all over the world," Daniel Ek told theHe suggested that this gives Apple an "unfair benefit of being able to compete at much lower prices" with its own rival streaming service, Apple Music.
"For me, it feels like Spotify wants all the benefits of Apple’s platforms without having to give Apple any money," said Bradley Chambers, a blogger who specialises in Apple coverage for 9to5Mac. It's also worth mentioning that Apple only charges 30% commission for the first year, at which point it drops to 15%.The Apple App Store has paid out billions to app makers – and has helped Spotify rack up hundreds of millions of downloads
"At that time we said, what are our true options here? We have no other options but to raise our prices, because Apple's not giving us a choice when we can't compete fairly," Ek explained.
I would definitely changing steaming services to Apple. 🎧
Apple are money grabbing bastards. And Spotify should just raise prices for apple users. I'm sure non apple users will cancel Spotify subscriptions, I will cancel my family subscriptions