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The consumption happens inside Spotify however.

Spotify is like an old-time records store where you'd get the chance to listen to a CD/vinyl record you picked from the aisle before buying it (except that in this case it's a subscription and you stay in the "store" the whole time)

The App Store is like an electronics market where you purchase appliances that you take home and use later.



The consumption of apps happens inside Apple devices.

The only meaningful difference is the subscription model vs. purchasing.


> The consumption of apps happens inside Apple devices.

...which the users own (including the individual iOS copy inside, with all the APIs those apps use)


You have strayed so far from the original point I have no idea how this is relevant.


The users own their devices and the iOS copies inside them. Apple has no business being in the middle once the initial device sale is concluded.




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