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  A secret Google deal let Spotify completely bypass Android’s app store fees

  Posted by Gatherer  on November 20, 2023 at 4:30 PM

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  Music streaming service Spotify struck a seemingly unique and highly generous deal with Google for Android-based payments, according to new testimony in the Epic v. Google trial. On the stand, Google head of global partnerships Don Harrison confirmed Spotify paid a 0 percent commission when users chose to buy subscriptions through Spotify’s own system. If the users picked Google as their payment processor, Spotify handed over 4 percent — dramatically less than Google’s more common 15 percent fee.

  Google fought to keep the Spotify numbers private during its antitrust fight with Epic, saying

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