Spotify accused Apple of competitors' pressure due to the launch of a unified subscription to the Apple One services

At the presentation of new devices on September 15, Apple also introduced the Apple One service that allows users to arrange an individual or family package subscription for several Apple services, including the Apple Music music service.

This innovation caused dissatisfaction with the Spotify musical service, which has repeatedly accused Apple of violations of competition. The statement of the service that recently started work in Russia says that Apple again abuses its dominant position and pushes users to switch to their services. Spotify called on antitrust authorities to take measures against Apple. Otherwise, the actions of the company from Cupertino will cause irreparable damage to the developers community and pose a threat to "public freedoms to listen, study, create and contact," writes The Verge .

Apple deny the accusations Spotify. The company said that users can still choose alternatives to Apple services. "We represent the Apple One, because this is a good thing for users, which gives a simple option for access to the entire spectrum of Apple services. We will recommend to customers the appropriate Apple One plans to save money based on current subscriptions," the company said.

Note that in June last year, the number of Apple Music service subscribers exceeded 60 million. The Spotify audience in June of this year reached 138 million users.

Recall that in mid -June, the European Commission began an antitrust investigation against the App Store app store. The regulator intends to find out if the rules of the EU legislation in the field of competition violate the rules of the App Store. The reason for the investigation was the complaints of the musical service of Spotify and the Japanese trading platform Rakuten. Spotify complained that Apple uses the App Store to promote his Apple Music service. In Rakuten, an illegal Apple introduced commission was called 30% for sale through the Apple Books service at the simultaneous promotion of the Apple Books service.

“We need to make sure that Apple’s rules do not harm the competitions in markets where Apple has competing applications developers whose products are, for example, analogues for the Apple Music Streaming Service or the Apple Books service,” said the deputy head of the competition for competition Margret Westager.