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		zaidf on March 15, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Addressing Spotify’s Claims But the difference is both of them can be circumvented by competitors If the App Store could be circumvented as easily, Spotify probably wouldn't be raising this issue to begin with.

threeseed on March 15, 2019 [–]

It can be circumvented quite easily and Spotify already does.

You can upgrade to Spotify Premium through a website which they advertise during their free tier ads.

gtyras2mrs on March 15, 2019 | [–]

I think Spotify's complaint here is that they can't tell users of the iOS app to upgrade via the website.

Apple doesn't allow that apparently.

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