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Spotify to add price information in its app on Apple devices in EU
Aug 14, 2024 4:46 AM

Aug 14 (Reuters) - Spotify ( SPOT ) will update its app

on Apple ( AAPL ) devices in the European Union on Wednesday to

include prices of its various plans and services, more than

three months after the iPhone maker rejected such a move.

That rejection was due to Spotify ( SPOT ) not accepting Apple's ( AAPL )

Music Streaming Services Entitlement, newly introduced terms

governing how music streaming apps in the European Economic Area

inform users of other ways to make purchases.

The Swedish audio streaming company said while it is now

accepting those terms, its iOS app will not give users an

external link to make purchases as it does not want to pay Apple ( AAPL )

a commission on such transactions.

Apple ( AAPL ) had said that accepting its music streaming terms did

not require an external link for payments.

"While this is progress, it's only a small step in the long

march towards giving iPhone consumers basic product experiences

they expect and deserve in their apps," Spotify ( SPOT ) said in a

statement.

Apple ( AAPL ) made it easier for music streaming apps to communicate

with users on iOS devices in the EU in early April, a month

after Brussels fined it 1.84 billion euros ($2 billion) for

thwarting competition from music streaming rivals via

restrictions on its App Store.

Apple ( AAPL ) did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for

comment.

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