Epic vs Google: Spotify’s “bespoke” Play Store deal comes into light

During the ongoing trial between Epic and Google, testimony from a Google executive revealed that Spotify struck a deal with Google that let it bypass the Play Store commission when people pay using Spotify’s payment option.

Spotify paid no commission to Google when users signed up for subscriptions using the music streaming service’s payment system on Android, as reported by the Verge. However, Spotify did pay Google a commission of just 4% if users signed up for the service through Google. This is significantly less than the 15% commission of most other apps for subscriptions through the Google Play Store.