If Apple is found to be in violation of EU law, it could see a fine of up to 10% of its annual worldwide revenue, the body says. The EU says as much, noting: ” These anti-steering obligations: (i) are neither necessary nor proportionate for the provision of the App Store on iPhones and iPads (ii) are detrimental to users of music streaming services on Apple’s mobile devices who may end up paying more and (iii) negatively affect the interests of music streaming app developers by limiting effective consumer choice.” Tesla Pi Phone: Why it’s probably never going to happenĬhatGPT is coming to Snapchat to be your new AI BFF
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Apple could charge for Apple TV Plus and Apple Music at, say, $9.99 a month, while competitors Netflix and Spotify would have to contend with the 30% App Store tax and either raise their prices and risk being seen as expensive - or simply eat the cost if they wanted to make use of the convenience of the App Store’s payment services. Where this policy might have been merely annoying at first, the color of it changed once Apple began offering competitors to rival services it had banned from advertising in the store. The EU confirmed this report in an update to its statement of objections shared on Tuesday morning. Coming from the Financial Times, which cites three sources familiar with the matter, the body now plans to focus on Apple’s ban against linking to subscriptions off the App Store. The EU is narrowing its focus on Apple’s App Store, a new report says.
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