Spotify updates its iOS app to remove audiobook purchasing options, saying in a message to users that “it's not ideal”, to comply with Apple's App Store rules
An update for Spotify's iOS app released Thursday had a big change for its audiobooks vertical — and not for the better. Tweets: @arshapiro90 , @caseynewton , @lancescadden , and @arshapiro90 Tweets: Ariel Shapiro / @arshapiro90 : The company is... not thrilled https://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Here's another case where Apple is trying to prevent a company from communicating with its own customers. Really wish the FTC would get involved https://t.co/uZW1h1tEQK @lancescadden : You could make a list of ~10 extremely easy cases for the FTC on $aapl and probably 50 more likely wins across all their products. From cables to batteries, and hardware repairs, to file types and software (MSFTs case for IE is baffling now), App Store is the smoking gun https://twitter.com/... Ariel Shapiro / @arshapiro90 : New from me and @jake_k: @Spotify has pulled audiobook purchasing from its iOS app in order to comply with @Apple's rules. It's a major roadblock for what is supposed to be a lucrative new business for the streamer. https://www.theverge.com/...