Friday, 4 October 2019

House Judiciary Committee asks Spotify to rat on Apple

Back in March, music streamer Spotify lodged a complaint against Apple with the European Union (EU). Spotify complained that rival streamer Apple Music had an unfair advantage in Apple's App Store thanks to the so-called "Apple Tax." This is the 30% of in-app revenue that Apple takes as its cut. It also applies to the first year of subscription fees that an app like Spotify collects from iOS users for its premium service (and Apple's cut drops to 15% starting with the second year and every year afterward). Two months later, the EU competition commission said that it would investigate Apple ...

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