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There you are, listening to your Spotify playlist.

Soothing loon calls across in my own lake.

The stress of 2020 is just fading away and then wang.

Verizon knows how to build internet and TV right.

Start with Fios.

Start from your Canadian lake smashed into a telecommunications ad.

This of course is only a problem because I am cheap and using the free version of Spotify.

So let's say that I decide to try the paid version.

I am using the Spotify app for iPhone and when I click on the little like premium button,

I get the following message, quote, you can't upgrade to premium in the app.

We know it's not ideal.

Meaning that Spotify is not going to take my money through this iPhone app.

I am not used to companies telling me to put my credit card away.

And yet many companies on their iPhone apps will tell you we're not going to take your

money here.

Netflix, for example, says quote, you can't sign up for Netflix in the app.

We know it's a hassle.

Kindle reader app quote, this app does not support purchasing.

It's not like Amazon and Netflix and Spotify don't know how to build an iPhone app to take

your money.

What you are seeing is a multi billion dollar struggle spilling out onto your home screen.

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