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Spotify accuses Apple of ‘extortion’ with new App Store tax
Spotify is the latest to call out Apple’s new rules in the EU.
“From our read of Apple’s proposal, a developer would have to pay this fee even if a user downloaded the app, never used it and forgot to delete it,” Spotify writes. “With our EU Apple install base in the 100 million range, this new tax on downloads and updates could skyrocket our customer acquisition costs, potentially increasing them tenfold ... The EU Commission says it will issue a response to Apple’s changes when the regulations officially go into effect in March — in the meantime, it will give developers plenty of time to pick apart the new rules.
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