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# Spotify Emails IPhone Users: ‘Don’t Subscribe Via iTunes’
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-emails-iphone-users-dont-subscribe-via-itunes/
- Published: 2015-07-09T10:43:17.000Z
- Updated: 2015-07-09T10:43:17.000Z
- Description: Inevitably the battle between Spotify and Apple is heating up. Spotify is rumored to have been a driving force behind the European Union's current probe of Apple's music service and. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/07/spotify-emails-iphone-users-dont-subscribe-via-itunes.html
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Streaming, App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Europe, European Union, Greece, iTunes, PayPal, Spotify, Streaming media, United States, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![Spotify 3](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c7abce83970b-150wi "Spotify 3")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c7abce83970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Inevitably the **battle between Spotify and Apple** is heating up. Spotify is rumored to have been a driving force behind the **European Union's current probe of Apple's music service** and the deals it has cut with labels. Now comes **a new salvo** from Spotify.

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Spotify is sending an email to users that subscribe via iOS devices reminding them that its $3 per month cheaper to subscribe via Spotify.com

"In case you didn’t know, the normal Premium price is only $9.99, but Apple charges 30 percent on all payments made through iTunes," the email reads. "You can get the exact same Spotify for only $9.99/month, and it’s super simple.

Included are step by step instructions on how to shut off auto-renew through iTunes and transfer your account directly to Spotify.

[![Spotify 3](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb084fe6da970d-350wi "Spotify 3")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb084fe6da970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

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