Mar 14, 2019 4 min read

Spotify goes to war with Apple, asks EU to investigate anti-competitive behaviour

Already fighting a battle with the songwriters and music publishers of America, Spotify yesterday confirmed it was going to war on another front too, this time against its biggest competitor in premium streaming, big bad Apple. The streaming firm has filed a complaint with the European Commission accusing the tech giant of anti-competitive behaviour.

This has been a long time coming. Digital music companies have long complained about tech giants which – as well as manufacturing devices and/or controlling operating systems and app stores – also offer competing music services. The allegation is that said tech giants exploit their platforms to give their music set-ups an unfair competitive advantage.

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