While the music platformalready showed its dissatisfaction last week with Cupertino, his bossDaniel Ekattacked Apple again today, and in an even more pronounced manner.
Many companies are currently reacting negatively to the App Store rules.This is as a reminder following the implementation of the new law on digital markets by the European Union, and more precisely inDigital Market Act. These rules now require Apple to open up to competition, but according to the boss of Spotify, who published on his site on January 26a complete ticketonly to attack the firm, it is a “complete and utter farce».Daniel Ekalso posted a long publication on the social network [X] on the same subject.
DMA is a disappointment for Spotify
This is the conclusion of a case dating back several years between Spotify, Apple, and the European Union. Inin publicationon Elon Musk's network X, Daniel Ek shares:
After meeting with our legal team to analyze the fine print of Apple's DMA announcement (it took a while), which is vague and misleading at best, I wanted to share my thoughts. While Apple has been behaving poorly for years, what they did yesterday represents a new low, even for them.
For almost five years — 1,782 days — we have been calling on the European Commission to take action against Apple. You can imagine my excitement when the DMA was created and signed into law because it was such a progressive step against Apple's App Store monopoly.
Following its publication,Daniel Ekadds that since the start of this affair, he did not trust Apple. This after observing the way in which Cupertino “circumvent regulations around the world". According to him, the firm had bad intentions from the start and did not intend to formally comply with EU requirements at any time.
Unfortunately, this is a classic move by an old, dominant company that feels the rules don't apply to them. Instead of adapting and innovating, they distort the situation, making it appear that regulators are at fault. Or worse, pretending it has to do with security when it's clearly a ploy to generate their own profits.
A false alternative
Daniel Ek claims that the new regulations put in place by Apple would be much more expensive for developers.According to him, it would be a “convoluted new model that looks attractive on the surface, but carries potentially even higher fees.»
Many people are turning their backs on Apple these days regarding this matter.Many do not understand the way the firm acts, but it was predictable. When you touch someone's wallet, especially when it's a large source of income, you shouldn't expect a consistent reaction from them.
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