Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says Apple's new App Store changes are a 'new low'

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Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek said Apple's new changes to its App Store in the EU are a "masterclass in distortion."

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says Apple's new App Store changes are a 'new low'::Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek said Apple's new changes to its App Store in the EU are a "masterclass in distortion."

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Ahhh, nothing like the sound of a company being screwed by another company
- I hear you but Apple's stance on these issues also stops something like an F-droid Iphone equivalent.
  
  I guarantee you Google is taking notes.
  
  I'm closer and closer to getting rid of all proprietary software/hardware. Waiting patiently for my Sony and Fitbit to die out so I can replace them with literally anything but Android, preferably something that works with GadgetBridge.
  
  But that's not why Mr. Out-of-touch Swedish Billionaire is grumpy.
  
  Was that a possibility before the changes?
- The users are the ones getting screwed. The costs of business are always passed to the customers. In the case of Google's and Apple's taxes this means all the customers and not even the ones doing IAP purchases because unlike actual sales taxes, apps aren't allowed to charge them directly to the buyer.
  
  That’s not true at all, just don’t buy through Apple/Google, buy off their website. Apps charge extra for IAP (vs online) all the time, I have no clue what you are talking about.
  
  I wonder how much they can raise the price for the monthly Spotify subscription before people go back to pirating.
Funny it is to live, there's never peace, always somebody trying to eat somebody else or avoid being eaten. So happy I'm neither company's customer.
This is the best summary I could come up with:

After sitting with our legal team to parse through the fine print of Apple's DMA announcement (that took a while), which is, at best vague and misleading, I wanted to share my thoughts.

Under Apple's new changes, apps with over one million downloads will need to pay a "core technology fee" for "each first annual install per year."

That puts an app like Spotify — which Ek said has more than 100 million downloads in the EU — in an "untenable situation" because it drastically increases the cost of acquiring new customers.

For its part, Apple said in a statement that it seeks to support developers, including Spotify, which it acknowledged as the world's "most successful" music streaming app.

While Apple's tight hold over the iOS ecosystem has helped it reap billions in revenue, it has also caused it to run afoul of regulators who believe its tactics stifle innovation and suppress new entrants.

Apple's App Store change not only falls short of that ideal, but "mocks the spirit of the law and the lawmakers who wrote it," Ek said.

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Oh no! A billionaire doesnt like getting squeezed by another billionaire!!!

Meanwhile, spotify pays the lowest rates to artists.....

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