Spotify goes to war with Apple as it files antitrust complaint against firmSpotify has filed a complaint with EU antitrust regulators against Apple, saying the iPhone maker unfairly limits rivals to its own Apple Music streaming service. Central to Spotify's complaint, filed to the European Commission on Monday, is what it says is a 30 percent fee Apple charges content-based service providers to use Apple's in-app purchase system (IAP). Spotify then ceased use of Apple's IAP system, meaning Spotify customers could only upgrade to the fee-based package indirectly, such as on a laptop. SEE ALSO :Apple fires over 200 staff from motor companyVoice recognition system Siri would not hook iPhone users up to Spotify and Apple declined to let Spotify launch an app on its Apple Watch, Spotify said. Spotify declined to say what economic damage it believed it had suffered.

Source: Standard Digital March 13, 2019 11:03 UTC