Spotify Levels Monopoly Allegations Against Apple Following ‘Apple One’ Announcement

Sep. 16, 2020

In a statement to Cheddar’s J.D. Durkin, Spotify said:“Once again, Apple is using its dominant position and unfair practices to disadvantage competitors and deprive consumers by favoring its own services. We call on competition authorities to act urgently to restrict Apple’s anti-competitive behavior, which if left unchecked, will cause irreparable harm to the developer community and threaten our collective freedoms to listen, learn, create, and connect”.

Apple, on its part, claims that none of its offerings, including the new Apple One bundle, are in violation of US antitrust regulations. In a press statement following Spotify’s complaint, the iPhone-maker said that even with the new offering, customers will still have the freedom to choose alternatives if they so want.

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