Consumer rights activists in Europe sue Apple: “Music platforms like Spotify are expensive because of you!”
September 19, 2024
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Apple, application store in App Store from third party applications committees For this reason, he was criticized a lot. Although changes were made last year by the European
Apple, application store in App Store from third party applicationscommittees For this reason, he was criticized a lot. Although changes were made last year by the European Union on this subject, the complaints remained. Now, a new lawsuit has been filed on this subject.
One of Europe’s largest consumer organisations euro consumershas filed a lawsuit against the American technology giant. The reason is that the prices of music platforms have become very expensive due to Apple’s policy.
It was claimed that Apple was charging more than normal, which is why platforms like Spotify are so expensive
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According to the dossier, Apple’s rules are causing platforms like Spotify and YouTube Music to become very expensive. It is alleged that, since there is a 30% commission charge in the App Store, companies are deducting costs by passing them on to customers.
The organization also published a video on the subject. In the video, Siri tries to play a song. For this, he is asked to sing a song called “Adil”. But Siri does not do this, it plays other things. What is being said here is that Apple does not treat other platforms as fairly as it treats its own platform, Apple Music.
According to Euroconsumers, each iOS customer must pay around 3 euros to compensate for the loss of revenue. The organization stated that Apple earned around 259 million euros in revenue from such “unfair” compensation. Also more than 500 thousand victims from Italy, Belgium, Spain and Portugal and the demand for the refund of the money paid were added to the case.
There are no fees for Apple Music like other platforms. There is of course no rule that other companies will raise prices for this. However, they also pass the costs on to the customers.
The organization claims that Apple received more than normal. With the decision the company made last year in EuropeLet’s note that it has reduced its commissions to around 15%.However, prices in Europe did not fall and costs were still passed on to customers, Euroconsumers said.
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