Apple will face its first formal antitrust complaint from the European Union’s executive committee in the coming weeks. Spotify, the streaming Music service provider, previously sued the regulator, accusing Apple of unfairly promoting its own music service.
Reuters reports that the EU Commission will send a statement of objections to Apple before the summer, arguing that Apple is suspected of violating European Union (EU) antitrust regulations. This is the first of four antitrust investigations the Commission has launched against Apple since June of last year. The EU Executive Commission declined to comment.
Citing PR room news from May 2019, Apple said its App Store helped Spotify profit from millions of downloads and become the largest music streamer in Europe.
Spotify sued the European Commission at the Time, accusing Apple of unfairly restricting other competitors to promote its own music service, App Music, and protesting Apple’s 30 percent cut fee on app developers who list their apps on the App Store.
The U.K. competition authority launched an investigation into Apple’s business practices on April 4; the Dutch regulator is about to make a final decision based on a previous investigation of Apple.
But the Financial Times, citing sources, reported that Apple is still months away from receiving a formal complaint from the European Commission and that the complaint could still be shelved.
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