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Spotify and Apple proceed their antitrust battle within the EU area
Apple has rejected Spotify’s new model of its iOS app with inapp pricing info for customers within the European Union, the audio streaming agency mentioned on Thursday.
(Reuters) – Apple has rejected Spotify’s new model of its iOS app with in-app pricing info for customers within the European Union, the audio streaming agency mentioned on Thursday.
The Swedish firm submitted a brand new model of its app to Apple with primary pricing and web site info, which is a minimal requirement beneath the European Commission’s ruling in its music streaming case, it mentioned in a publish on X on Wednesday.
Spotify mentioned the Cupertino, California based-Apple rejected its replace in a response instantly despatched to the corporate.
Apple and the European Commission didn’t instantly reply to Reuters requests for remark.
“Apple has once again defied the European Commission’s decision, rejecting our update for attempting to communicate with customers about our prices unless we pay Apple a new tax. Their disregard for consumers and developers is matched only by their disdain for the law,” a spokesperson for Spotify mentioned in an announcement.
In March, Brussels fined Apple with 1.84 billion euros ($1.97 billion) for thwarting competitors from music streaming rivals by way of restrictions on its App Store, marking its first ever EU antitrust penalty, following a 2019 criticism from Spotify.
Earlier this month, Apple additionally introduced measures that will let music streaming apps on its App Store within the European Economic Area to tell customers of different methods to buy digital providers, because it seems to conform with a European Union mandate.
Under Apple’s proposal, Spotify and different streaming providers can embody hyperlink to their web sites to tell customers of fee choices outdoors its App Store. However, Spotify mentioned within the new model submitted to Apple it didn’t embody the in-app hyperlink.
