The EU imposed its first ever fine on Apple
The European Union (EU) has found that Apple violated the bloc’s antitrust rules by limiting the availability of subscription offers from music streaming services like Spotify and others through its App Store. The ruling applies only to in-app purchases, which are made directly through Apple’s payment system. Spotify had said that it was disappointed with the ruling but would appeal against it.
Tim Sweeney calls the changes to the Apple App Store hot garbage
Spotify has said Apple’s changes to how its app store fee works, both in App Store and for apps distributed outside of it, are “extortion, plain and simple”. Spotify said Apple is trying to force developers not to leave its store. Any app that sees more than 1 million installs per year must pay Apple 50 euro cent fee for every new installation.