Spotify and eight other app developers and associations have sent a letter to Margrethe Vestager, the executive vice president of the EU Commission, urging her to take legal action against Apple’s app distribution methods.
NG HAN GUAN/AFP via Getty Images The letter states that “Apple benefits from a monopoly position over its mobile ecosystem and extracts exorbitant rents from app developers who have no choice but to remain on the App Store to reach European consumers.
For years, Apple has imposed unfair restrictions on our businesses. These restrictions hamper our development and harm European consumers. They include the tying of the App Store to Apple’s proprietary payment system, with its excessive commissions for app developers; the creation of artificial obstacles that prevent our businesses from freely communicating with our customers; restrictions to developers’ access to data of their own users; and capricious changes to terms and conditions.
The Commission’s Statement of Objections against Apple, which outlined its conclusions following an investigation into shady App Store practices, was published by the EU in April 2021. The EU claimed that Apple “abused its dominant position for the distribution of music streaming apps through its App Store” and that it objects to “music streaming app developers being forced to use Apple’s in-app purchase mechanism to distribute their apps.
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