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EU Commission fines Apple over €1.8 billion over abusive App store rules for music streaming providers (ec.europa.eu)
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The European Commission has fined Apple over €1.8 billion for abusing its dominant position on the market for the distribution of music streaming apps to iPhone and iPad users (‘iOS users') through its App Store. In particular, the Commission found that Apple applied restrictions on app developers preventing them from informing iOS users about alternative and cheaper music subscription services available outside of the app (‘anti-steering provisions'). This is illegal under EU antitrust rules.

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[–] 40 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

So doesn’t Spotify pay them the 100 dollars a year to be a developer? So Apple says they get nothing for from Spotify for developing the platform and tools, but they’re outright lying. And if the 100 isn’t enough increase the price.

Apple just seems like a crying baby in this letter.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    $100 top Apple is literally nothing. So are they technically lying? Yes. But in all actuality $100 means nothing to them.

    There’s a LOT to complain about Apple, but this is just semantics.

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