EU competition watchdog eyes Apple over Spotify complaint
Apple is facing an investigation by the European Union's competition watchdog after Spotify accused it of"stifling" their business.against Apple to the European Commission, claiming the iPhone maker"deliberately disadvantages" other app developers.
Speaking to the German newspaper Tagesspiegel on Thursday, the competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said her office would be examining the issue. She said they would be checking if there were any parallels with their Google case in 2017, in which the web giant"We have to examine the role of Apple and Apple's app store," she was quoted as saying.
"If we conclude that they have a market-dominating position, then the case would be comparable to our proceedings against Google."In his blog post announcing the complaint, Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek said Apple has introduced rules which"purposely limit choice and stifle innovation at the expense of the user experience".
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