Apple has rejected Spotify’s new model of its iOS app with in-app pricing info for customers within the European Union, the audio streaming agency stated on Thursday.
The Swedish firm submitted a brand new model of its app to Apple with fundamental pricing and web site info, which is a minimal requirement beneath the European Fee’s ruling in its music streaming case, it stated in a put up on X on Wednesday.
Spotify stated Apple rejected its replace in a response immediately despatched to the corporate.
“Apple has as soon as once more defied the European Fee’s choice, rejecting our replace for making an attempt to speak with clients about our costs until we pay Apple a brand new tax. Their disregard for shoppers and builders is matched solely by their disdain for the regulation,” a spokesperson for Spotify stated in an announcement.
Apple stated it can approve the brand new model of the app after Spotify accepts the phrases of the Music Streaming Companies Entitlement within the European Financial Space (EEA), and resubmit it for evaluate.
“This entitlement is required even when your app doesn’t embrace an exterior hyperlink,” Apple stated in a response to Spotify in regards to the app replace.
Beneath Apple’s proposal, Spotify and different streaming providers can embrace hyperlinks to their web sites to tell customers of fee choices exterior its App Retailer and the corporate would cost a 27 % fee on transactions made via a hyperlink.
Spotify didn’t embrace the in-app hyperlink within the replace submitted to Apple.
Spotify stated it doesn’t need to be part of Apple’s entitlement as it’s a new set of anti-steering restrictions and consists of the 27 % fee on digital purchases made via hyperlinks.
“We’re at present assessing whether or not Apple has totally complied with the choice,” a spokesperson for the European Fee stated, including the Fee will even assess any modifications carried out by Apple to its App Retailer enterprise phrases beneath the Digital Markets Act.
In March, Brussels fined Apple with EUR 1.84 billion ($1.97 billion or roughly Rs. 16,418 crore) for thwarting competitors from music streaming rivals through restrictions on its App Retailer.
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