Spotify finally confirmed it has "no plans" to bring back its in-app purchase service to iPhone devices "at the moment," The Verge reported.
The statement came after earlier reports suggested that the music streaming platform was planning to reverse the decision.
Spotify first removed its in-app purchases on iOS in 2016 to avoid Apple's 30% commission rate on in-app purchases on the device.
More recently, the platform also kicked out legacy subscribers still paying via the Apple App Store to the default free, ad-supported membership.
Apple's In-App Commission Rate
The iPhone maker has charged companies for in-app purchases via Apple's products since 2011.
Policy changes have allowed select companies to bypass or entirely cut Apple's 15% to 30% commission fee. Among those was Match Group, the parent company of Spotify and Tinder.
The tech giant further lowered the charge rate by limiting the 30% fee in the first year and dropping it to 15% for subsequent years.
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has repeatedly criticized Apple's in-app purchase policy for "making it impossible for us to be price-competitive against it."
Ek accused the tech giant of "a barrier to innovation."
Spotify's profits have been slow ad growth over the past years. The company has even had to lay off more than 1,500 employees as part of a "strategic reorientation."
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Spotify Rumors of Bringing Back In-app Purchases on Apple
Talks of the streaming platform planning to revive its in-app purchase service on Apple products after a checkout screen and purchase retry panels were found in the iOS app in the latest beta.
MacRumors first reported spotting the code strings.
There were no confirmations that the update would be released to the public by the time the report was published on Thursday.
