Spotify has expanded its audiobook service to other regions, giving more users access to more than 300,000 audiobooks.
Spotify recently launched its audiobook service, giving subscribers access to more than 300,000 audiobooks. While this was great news, at the time, it was limited to those in the United States. Now, the streaming service has expanded its offerings to other regions, giving access to those in the UK, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand.
Spotify’s audiobook service gives users access to more than 300,000 audiobooks, but it’s not part of the unlimited streaming service. This means that even though you sign up for an existing streaming plan, you won’t automatically have access to audiobooks. Users who want to listen to the audiobooks will need to purchase each of them and then listen to them using the service.
Although it launched the service in the US in September, it pulled the service from the app a month later. While no clear reason was given at the time, many speculated that it had something to do with how Apple takes a percentage of anything sold through its App Store. This has been a longstanding problem with the App Store, with many becoming more vocal about it over the past few years.
While the App Store certainly provides a great gateway for developers, the only downside is that Apple takes 30 percent of anything sold on the platform. This means that if you sell your app or any other in-app features, Apple will get a portion of it. To avoid this, some developers have tried to redirect customers out of the App Store. Spotify is now redirecting customers to its online webstore, where audiobooks can be purchased and then listened to through the app.
There’s no telling how this approach will work in the long term, but Apple’s 30 percent fee is something many companies have been talking about over the past couple of years, some being more outspoken than others and it could become a bigger problem as time goes on.
source: Spotify
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