Spotify declined to comment Apple hasn’t responded to request for comment.įor the past year, Spotify has argued publicly, and to various regulators in the U.S. Yesterday, Senator Elizabeth Warren criticized Apple, Amazon and Google for what she called anticompetitive practices Warren said that “Apple has long used its control of iOS to squash competition in music.” Spotify has distributed copies of the letter to some Congressional staff in Washington, D.C. “It continues a troubling pattern of behavior by Apple to exclude and diminish the competitiveness of Spotify on iOS and as a rival to Apple Music, particularly when seen against the backdrop of Apple’s previous anticompetitive conduct aimed at Spotify … we cannot stand by as Apple uses the App Store approval process as a weapon to harm competitors.” and EU competition law,” Gutierrez wrote. “This latest episode raises serious concerns under both U.S. (Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the date Spotify sent the letter.) The letter, sent by Spotify general counsel Horacio Gutierrez to Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell on June 26, suggests that Spotify intends to use the standoff as ammunition in its fight over Apple’s rules governing subscription services that use its App store. The letter says Apple turned down a new version of the app while citing “business model rules” and demanded that Spotify use Apple’s billing system if “Spotify wants to use the app to acquire new customers and sell subscriptions.” In a letter sent this week to Apple’s top lawyer, Spotify says Apple is “causing grave harm to Spotify and its customers” by rejecting an update to Spotify’s iOS app. Spotify says Apple is making it harder for the streaming music company to compete by blocking a new version of its iPhone app.
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