EU regulators assess Apple’s plan for complying with music streaming order
EU ANTITRUST regulators are checking to see if an Apple proposal would comply with their order to let Spotify and other music streaming services inform users of payment options outside its App Store, the European Commission said on Monday (Apr 8).
The iPhone maker risks antitrust charges and fresh fines if its proposal announced on last Friday fails to satisfy the EU competition enforcer, which issued its order together with a 1.84 billion euro (S$2.7 billion) fine last month
Under Apple’s proposal, the Swedish music streaming service Spotify and others can include a link to their websites to inform users of other ways to purchase digital goods or services, away from Apple’s App Store.
They can also invite users to provide their email address to be sent a link to the platform’s website to buy digital music content or services. Such links, however, carry a 27 per cent fee to Apple, including for subsequent auto-renewing subscriptions.
“We are currently assessing whether Apple has fully complied with the decision,” a Commission spokesperson said.
“In general, if the Commission suspects that there is non-compliance with an adopted decision, it will send the undertaking concerned a Statement of Objections ...”
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Spotify bemoaned the fact that it was still waiting for Apple to comply with the EU order, five weeks on. REUTERS
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