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Spotify files EU antitrust complaint against Apple for App store rules

Apple's control of its App store deprives consumers of choice and rival providers of audio streaming services, says Spotify.

Headphones are seen in front of a logo of online music streaming service Spotify
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Headphones are seen in front of a logo of online music streaming service Spotify

Philip Blenkinsop | Reuters Brussels
Spotify has filed a complaint with EU antitrust regulators against Apple, saying the iPhone maker unfairly limits rivals to its own Apple Music streaming service.

Spotify, which launched a year after the 2007 launch of the iPhone, said on Wednesday that Apple's control of its App store deprived consumers of choice and rival providers of audio streaming services to the benefit of Apple Music, which began in 2015.

Central to Spotify's complaint, filed to the European Commission on Monday, is what it says is a 30 percent fee Apple charges content-based service providers to use Apple's in-app purchase system (IAP).