Apple is facing a €500 million fine over Spotify complaint from 2019

19 February 2024
The European Commission is set on the fine for unfair App Store policies.

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Anonymous, 19 Feb 2024What should happen? There comes to mind not a single proces... moreTell that to EU government. Sometimes the greed is residing somewhere in the government, ya know. Just my two cents. LOL

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    enpy, 19 Feb 2024So Google and Microsoft can monopolize all of tech? You... moreTell that to EU government and to all apple haters. You're being ridiculous too. LOL

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      Someone from EU, 19 Feb 2024This is stupid interpretation of what is happening. Apple ... moreand you're stupid believing apple is guilty already without proving it yet. Some tech industries could not compete -- and they cry when someone like apple achieve what they couldn't achieve.. and there they are accusing apple... and the government will use its power to make some money from these tech industries. If your government is brave enough, then ban apple in your country.. I bet they can't.. you know why? Oh, of course, you know the answer -- you're intelligent, right? LOL

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        potato4k, 20 Feb 2024Not defending Apple at all, but calling a spade a spade. Sp... moreHow so? Not to mention market reach is incredibly important in that argument. Other competitors can rise to create similar services to Spotify without being hamstrung by the market. Apple literally controlling the market they also provide the music service for so they can market and push their own brand preferentially (vested interests) as well as not having to pay their own royalties etc. means there is a lot of anti competitive and unfair advantage in Apple having their cake and eating it too.

        How can you fairly compete with another company when they own the market, charge you to be there, don't charge themselves, can choose to promote themselves more and can see every change you're making ahead of time because you have to inform them and let them review your service?

          Anonymous, 20 Feb 2024In defending apple, you have gone too much ahead. Do you un... moreNot defending Apple at all, but calling a spade a spade. Spotify is a hypocrite as they are the same as Apple when it comes to their own business.

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            you have to suffer, 19 Feb 2024apple is too large to be defunct unfortunately. but time w... moreObviously just like how I'm a loyal frequent flyer on Pan Am, post pictures of all my travels on Geocities, using my brand new PC with the latest Cyrix CPU and 3dfx GPU.

            Nothing is forever.

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              potato4k, 20 Feb 2024It’s simple then. Spotify should allow artists to have thei... moreIn defending apple, you have gone too much ahead. Do you understand what you are talking?

                Anonymous, 20 Feb 2024It is pretty simple. Spotify is already paying 30% to Apple... moreIt’s simple then. Spotify should allow artists to have their own payment system, bypassing Spotify, while still being on Spotify.

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                  • 20 Feb 2024

                  This is how poor EU makes money.

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                    potato4k, 20 Feb 2024WTF are you comparing? Apple Music gives more to the artist... moreIt is pretty simple. Spotify is already paying 30% to Apple while Apple Music isn't. They have to cut corners somewhere.

                      Hard truths:-

                      1. Ultmately, its a charge on Apple users. Be ready for more expensive products & services.
                      2. No government or courts will ever suspend services of a company for few days, all they do is this stupid fines, which we the users are bearing in the long run.
                      3. Apple fans should unite and force the company to act ethically. Not trying to stereotype here, but the typical fans are not intelligent enough to do this.
                      4. Apple will continue to make profits, and it recently also got a huge award for being socially aware and all, which is sad.

                        Anonymous, 20 Feb 2024It is not a good idea to pay attention to those criticisms.... moreusing Apple doesn't make you smart.
                        what kind of mentality do u have?

                        if u have used apple, probably u never used other phones in your life.
                        ur life is apple and u call yourself smart 😆😆😆.

                        cow dung slap 😆

                          pl2rts, 19 Feb 2024What part of that 30% that apple takes from Spotify goes fo... moreWTF are you comparing? Apple Music gives more to the artist than Spotify. That data has been published.

                          If Spotify doesn’t like the revenue split with Apple, then why are they doing the split with artists? They should allow their users to pay the artists directly, bypassing Spotify.

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                            SShock, 19 Feb 2024I mean, I had iPhone, Apple Watch and I still have AirPods ... moreIt is not a good idea to pay attention to those criticisms. You can use Apple products and you shouldn't care what other people think. The people who give those opinions have probably never used an Apple product in their lives. They think that criticizing Apple or its users makes them smarter people or buyers.

                              potato4k, 19 Feb 2024Meanwhile Spotify is paying artists less than other music s... moreWhat part of that 30% that apple takes from Spotify goes for the artist ?
                              I would imagine it's 0% so Apple earns a lot more money then any of the artists.
                              Same with there itunes where apple takes like 90% from the songs sold and the artist get like 10% from there songs that are sold in that itunes.

                                Lmfao you deserve it

                                  SShock, 19 Feb 2024I mean, I had iPhone, Apple Watch and I still have AirPods ... moreIn my country owning an Apple product is a waste of money with so minimal benefits from the ecosystem.

                                    Anonymous, 19 Feb 2024I agree with you. I should have mentioned that my previou... moreI mean, I had iPhone, Apple Watch and I still have AirPods 2. And they were great devices and they worked better than any Android I ever owned. I also understand some of the concerns Apple has as well as some reasons why "their way" sometimes just works better. But there's also stuff where "Apple's way" is very anti consumer and often just straight up stupid. Not to mention how many times people here just hated on me the moment I said I like Apple or I like something they do the way they do.

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                                      SShock, 19 Feb 2024It's hard to just pull out of a market that's act... moreI agree with you.
                                      I should have mentioned that my previous comment was actually sarcastic. My bad.
                                      Anyway, I'm not supporter of apple's competition ending business tactics. EU should teach them a lesson at every wrong move.

                                        Anonymous, 19 Feb 2024That's what apple should really do. Pull out of EU alt... moreIt's hard to just pull out of a market that's actually slightly bigger than US market and not yet as saturated with Apple devices as US market already is. They can't really increase iPhone sales in US all that much, but EU has a huge potential. It's just that their American centric lock in tactics don't work that well in EU... For buyers and legislators.

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