The UK Independent reports
Apple is in breach of EU competition law, the European Commission has said.
The company’s promotion of Apple Music ahead of rivals such as Spotify is unfair, commissioner Margrethe Vestager announced in a tweet.
Apple said in response that the European Commission’s argument “is the opposite of fair competition” and that it was being asked to give Spotify the ability to do things that “no store in the world allows”.
The decision comes amid mounting concern over whether Apple is abusing its power over its platform to favour its own services. It was announced just days before the beginning of a trial that will see Fortnite developer Epic accuse Apple of abusing its App Store platform, and during antitrust investigations in the US and UK, as well as Europe.
The latest decision follows a Spotify complaint, filed in 2019, that alleged that it was being unfairly held back by Apple. It argued that Apple should not be able to force Spotify and other subscription-based companies to give up a 30 per cent cut for transactions in the App Store – while keeping all of those profits for itself, when it came to its own services.
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