Spotify isn't doing anything unique here, and it's not really a marketing campaign to explain away their UI. It's more of a showcase for hiring professionals, developers/designers/etc. Facebook has a similar one -> https://design.facebook.com/. Source: almost 3 years ago

Also, read anything published by Design @ Facebook. Source: over 3 years ago

But developers can actually enlist their apps in both of these "stores" (setapp is subscription based) which probably increases their potential revenue. [0]: https://setapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

In a lot of neighborhoods that's exactly what it does. Also, you can shop for iOS apps in other places, like https://setapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

Https://setapp.com is one example of a service that does bundling, albeit by offering what seems to be the full features of many things for a single subscription price (instead of your thought of a subset of features). It's not clear to me whether all of the apps offered are subscription-based, though. It's a model I'd be more willing to try than subscriptions to individual apps, although its OS and app offerings... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

I can't say that it's the best solution, but I use Nitro PDF from Setapp https://setapp.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

There's also Sizzy (https://sizzy.co). It's available standalone, but it's also included with a Setapp subscription (https://setapp.com — Mac app subscription service). - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago