EU to launch formal competition inquiry into Apple over Spotify’s complaints
In March, we covered Spotify’s It’s time to play fair campaign where the company laid out reasons it felt Apple wasn’t playing fair. Like most services, Apple obligates Spotify to pay a 30% cut in order to use in-app purchases when signing up new subscribers (it drops to 15% in year two of the subscription). Ultimately, Spotify wanted the EU to probe built-in Apple Music in relation to how Apple treats its competitors vs its own businesses.
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