EU antitrust agencies are gathering information on Spotify’s complaint about Apple’s monopoly

Earlier, Spotify, streaming music service providers broke the ground complained to EU regulators that Apple used the app store to monopolize. Apple’s main criticism is the use of app stores to extract paid subscriptions, and Apple’s ratio of up to 30% has also made many developers dissatisfied. But the complaint that Apple is not only the problem of the app store but Apple uses its own Apple Music streaming music.

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Apple requires users to pay for related services through an in-app purchase system. Of course, if developers don’t do this, they will be at risk of being removed. Apple, which pays for orders through the in-app purchase system, draws 30% of it. Spotify said that the company was forced to use Apple’s in-app purchase system and payment share, and then Apple also launched its own streaming music service. For third-party streaming music services, Apple can directly fight the price war, because Apple does not need to draw the service fees of other developers.

Based on the issue of Apple tax, the final choice is to close the in-app purchase directly. Users need to subscribe through the webpage or Android version when making payments. In the end, the voice was forced to choose to launch anti-monopoly complaints in the EU, hoping to use the power of the regulatory authorities to limit Apple’s ability to crack down on competitors.

The EU antitrust commissioner said that they have begun to investigate the issue of complaints against Apple. At present, EU regulatory authorities are listening to feedback from all parties, including consulting Apple’s understanding of the competition between store making and streaming services.

Via: macrumors