Spotify reportedly struck a special deal with Google that let it skip Play Store fees

Spotify struck a special deal with Google that lets it pay no commission to Google when people sign up for subscriptions using the music streaming service's own payment system on Android, according to new testimony in the ongoing Epic v. Google trial first reported by The Verge. As part of the same deal, Spotify paid Google just four percent commission if users signed up for the service through Google, far less than most other apps which typically pay 15 percent for subscriptions through the Goo...