Google has said it tries to give people quick answers to their questions instead of sending them to another site. A central argument against the tech giants is that other companies must use their platforms because that’s where their customers are. Apple makes developers use its App Store to distribute their apps on iPhones and collects up to 30 percent of revenue made through activity inside the app. Spotify recently argued to European competition authorities that Apple used its App Store to punish Spotify’s app and favor Apple’s competing service. The only time it has requested changes to Spotify’s app is when it “tried to sidestep the same rules that every other app follows,” Apple said in a statement in March.

Source: New York Times June 10, 2019 15:34 UTC