Daring FireballSep 5, 2024
Spotify Wants to Use iPhone Volume Buttons to Control Connected Devices, But Refuses to Support AirPlay, Which Would Solve the Problem
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/09/05/spotify-volume-buttons
Spotify Wants to Use iPhone Volume Buttons to Control Connected Devices, But Refuses to Support AirPlay, Which Would Solve the Problem

Link to: https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/29/spotify-points-finger-at-apple-over-an-unwelcome-change-to-volume-control-technology/

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Show threadBenRiceM
@daringfireball @gruber Spotify is definitely being obstinate, but given that camera apps had to wait 15 years for an API to detect volume presses (without ridiculous workarounds), I do think Apple could stand to be a little more open here
Sep 5, 2024 at 8:02pmIvory for iOS
Show threaddmitriidSep 6, 2024

@BenRiceM @daringfireball @gruber

Please tell me how exactly is Spotify being obstinate?

Does every single device need to support AirPlay and do you have to connect to every device through AirPlay to be able to control the volume through Spotify?

Right now I can just start music on whatever device in my home through Spotify and control volume through it.

Show threaddmitriidSep 6, 2024

@BenRiceM @daringfireball @gruber

Spotify (and Spotify's partners) support a much larger number of devices than AirPlay.

In any case, we're discussing a simple "Apple removes the possibility for apps to simply get the volume level in their apps and pretends you can only do that by paying them for AirPlay licensing"