Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 10:31AM 
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Apple is now giving "reader" apps on its platform the option to link to their website for payment and account management. The company defines reader apps as applications that "provide previously purchased content or content subscriptions for digital magazines, newspapers, books, audio, music, and video."
Monday, March 28, 2022 at 9:08AM Google and Spotify will be giving you options on what payment system to use. The search giant introduces this new pilot program to counter the concerns of app makers about its high fees and alleged anticompetitive behavior. So, when users download Spotify from the Play Store, they will get an option of either Spotify's payment system or Google Play Billing. This option will be available in some countries in the coming months.
The pilot involves a small number of participating developers, beginning with Spotify. "This pilot will help us to increase our understanding of whether and how user choice billing works for users in different countries and for developers of different sizes and categories," Google said in a blog post.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 9:46AM 
Source: Spotify
If you use Spotify's collaborative playlists, you will be getting access to more controls. Spotify is introducing new levels of controls for these playlists. You will get the option to invite or remove users from collaborating. You can set these playlists to private, so only those with access to it can listen, view, or search for these mixes. And you can add or remove users who contribute or follow them. According to the company, it plans to roll out these options beginning this week.
Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 10:03AM Spotify has just announced it bought two major podcast ad tech companies, Chartable and Podsights, to offer more features to its podcast advertisers and podcasters. Podsights will help its advertisers view more detailed information on who clicked on an ad and what actions they took (like buying the product).
As for Chartable, Spotify will offer the company's two promotional tools (SmartLinks and SmartPromos) to its podcasters. SmartLinks offers "shareable, trackable URLs that automatically route listeners to their podcasts." It'll provide data on both podcast clicks and downloads. While SmartPromos lets podcasters see which ads result in the most downloads, allowing them to measure the success of ad campaigns.
