Last week, Spotify introduced that it had filed an antitrust complaint towards Apple with the European Union. On Friday, Apple responded, addressing many however not all Spotify’s claims about its service and the way it costs distributors in its App Store.
Today, Spotify has responded to Apple’s response, calling the corporate “monopolist” and alleging that their response on Friday was “solely in step with our expectations.”
In a response to Apple’s response, late Friday morning a Spotify rep mentioned: “Every monopolist will recommend they've executed nothing mistaken and can argue that they've the most effective pursuits rivals and customers at coronary heart. In that means, Apple’s response to our criticism earlier than the European Commission is just not new and is solely in step with our expectations.
“We filed our criticism as a result of Apple’s actions harm competitors and customers, and are in clear violation the legislation. This is obvious in Apple’s perception that Spotify’s customers on iOS are Apple prospects and never Spotify prospects, which matches to the very coronary heart the problem with Apple. We respect the method the European Commission should now undertake to conduct its evaluation.”
Details the forthcoming authorized battle within the EU will proceed to emerge, as a battle phrases is prone to go on between the 2 corporations.