During a conference call with shareholders on Tuesday (25), Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said he was disappointed with the ruling in favor of Apple in the battle between Apple and Epic Games. According to the CEO, two large companies, Google and Apple, currently control the flow of the Internet, so the decision of the American court is unfavorable for the consumer.

Despite this, the court’s decision has a small victory, as it will allow app developers to inform users about other payment methods than Apple. For Ek, ​​this is “very important”, but US needs stronger law to free mobile from Apple and Google control. You can see the full statement from Spotify’s CEO below.

Daniel Ek is disappointed with the court decision in favor of Apple:

• “When I started as an entrepreneur at 14, the internet was such a democratic place where anyone anywhere in the world could make an impact, and now we’re in a place where billions of consumers use the internet primarily through smartphones and… …now there are literally two companies that control it all on the internet and can unilaterally change the rules.”

Battle Epic Games X Apple

Ek’s comment was about a recent US court ruling in a lawsuit between Epic Games X and Apple. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld the judge’s decision, dismissing allegations that Apple is violating a federal law that bans third-party app markets from its operating system. With. Apple celebrated the decision: “The App Store continues to drive competition, drive innovation and empower, and we are proud of its tremendous contribution to the lives of users and developers around the world.“.

The legal battle between the two companies began in 2020 when the iPhone manufacturer removed the game Fortnite from the App Store because Epic applied an external solution to monetize the game off-platform and did not pay the 30% requested by Apple for any transaction. in the app store. However, Apple has not completely won the dispute as it remains in place. the decision to give developers the ability to redirect their users to pages outside of the App Storeand, with the intention of conducting direct transactions. Like Apple, Tim Sweeney has noted the decision and says he is “working on the next steps” to combat Apple’s actions. We know that the CEO of Spotify is on the side of Epic Games in this battle.

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Source: Edge

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