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Apple plans to appeal European Commission’s massive antitrust fine favoring Spotify
Apple says it plans to appeal the historic €1.84 billion fine issued today by the European Commission over Apple's anticompetitive practices in the
In a newsroom post, Apple called out Spotify, a company based in Stockholm, Sweden as the “primary advocate” and “biggest beneficiary” of the EC’s decision — noting the streamer had a 56% share of the streaming music market in Europe. This goes to the heart of Spotify’s complaint — it wants to communicate with its customers about those subscriptions plus other promos and discounts from within its iOS app. However, Apple is still in charge of approving who can implement this exception as a means of controlling the situation, rather than just updating its rules to openly allow links.
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