Apple could also be dealing with a advantageous of roughly $539 million (500 million euros) from the EU and a ban on its alleged anti-competitive App Retailer practices for music streaming providers, based on . The publication, which cites 5 unnamed sources with information of the matter, reviews that the European Fee will announce its ruling early subsequent month.
The probe stems from a 2019 antitrust grievance filed by Spotify and is targeted on App Retailer guidelines that on the time prevented builders from directing clients to various subscription choices outdoors the app, which might be cheaper as they wouldn’t must compensate for Apple’s 30 % price. Apple later loosened these restrictions. In accordance with FT, the Fee will say Apple broke EU antitrust regulation and created “unfair trading conditions” for its rivals with the App Retailer’s “anti-steering obligations.”