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Content <p>Apple announced late Friday that it will allow music-streaming apps in the EU to inform users of payment alternatives outside the iOS App Store — in an effort to comply with European Commission demands.</p> <p>In early March, Apple was <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/apple-gets-e1-8b-eu-antitrust-fine-for-abusive-app-terms/" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.politico.eu/article/apple-gets-e1-8b-eu-antitrust-fine-for-abusive-app-terms/">fined more than €1.8 billion</a> by EU regulators for &#8220;abusive&#8221; App Store rules that may have increased prices for streaming subscriptions.</p> <p>EU antitrust regulators found that Apple&#8217;s restrictions prevented apps such as Spotify from informing iPhone and iPad users about alternative and cheaper music subscription services available outside the App Store — practices the EU defined as &#8220;anti-steering provisions.&#8221;</p> <p>Apple initially said it would appeal the EU&#8217;s fine. &#8220;While we respect the European Commission, the facts simply don’t support this decision,&#8221; Apple said in a March 4 <a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/03/the-app-store-spotify-and-europes-thriving-digital-music-market/" target="_blank">statement</a>, pointing to its claim of the EU’s &#8220;failure to uncover any credible evidence of consumer harm.&#8221;</p> <p>But on Friday, the Cupertino-based company <a href="https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/" target="_blank">updated</a> its App Store guidelines to comply with the Commission&#8217;s requests, allowing music-streaming apps to include a link or button that leads to information about alternative music-purchase options.</p> <p>However, the new App Store rules <a href="https://developer.apple.com/support/music-streaming-services-entitlement-eea/" target="_blank">include</a> a 27 percent Apple &#8220;commission&#8221; if the sale is made within seven days of the user opening the link leading out of the App Store.</p> <p>&#8220;We are currently assessing whether Apple has fully complied with the decision,&#8221; Commission spokesperson for competition Lea Zuber said in an emailed statement Saturday. </p>

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Hidden blurb --- !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::RSSEntry published: 2024-04-06 14:11:09.000000000 Z carlessian_info: news_filer_version: 2 newspaper: Politico EU macro_region: Europe entry_id: !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::GloballyUniqueIdentifier is_perma_link: 'false' guid: https://www.politico.eu/?post_type=article&p=4550595 title: Apple allows music apps to offer payments outside App Store in the EU categories: - Antitrust - Apps - Business and competition - Music - Payments - Competition and Industrial Policy content: |2 <p>Apple announced late Friday that it will allow music-streaming apps in the EU to inform users of payment alternatives outside the iOS App Store — in an effort to comply with European Commission demands.</p> <p>In early March, Apple was <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/apple-gets-e1-8b-eu-antitrust-fine-for-abusive-app-terms/" data-type="link" data-id="https://www.politico.eu/article/apple-gets-e1-8b-eu-antitrust-fine-for-abusive-app-terms/">fined more than €1.8 billion</a> by EU regulators for &#8220;abusive&#8221; App Store rules that may have increased prices for streaming subscriptions.</p> <p>EU antitrust regulators found that Apple&#8217;s restrictions prevented apps such as Spotify from informing iPhone and iPad users about alternative and cheaper music subscription services available outside the App Store — practices the EU defined as &#8220;anti-steering provisions.&#8221;</p> <p>Apple initially said it would appeal the EU&#8217;s fine. &#8220;While we respect the European Commission, the facts simply don’t support this decision,&#8221; Apple said in a March 4 <a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/03/the-app-store-spotify-and-europes-thriving-digital-music-market/" target="_blank">statement</a>, pointing to its claim of the EU’s &#8220;failure to uncover any credible evidence of consumer harm.&#8221;</p> <p>But on Friday, the Cupertino-based company <a href="https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/" target="_blank">updated</a> its App Store guidelines to comply with the Commission&#8217;s requests, allowing music-streaming apps to include a link or button that leads to information about alternative music-purchase options.</p> <p>However, the new App Store rules <a href="https://developer.apple.com/support/music-streaming-services-entitlement-eea/" target="_blank">include</a> a 27 percent Apple &#8220;commission&#8221; if the sale is made within seven days of the user opening the link leading out of the App Store.</p> <p>&#8220;We are currently assessing whether Apple has fully complied with the decision,&#8221; Commission spokesperson for competition Lea Zuber said in an emailed statement Saturday. </p> summary: Tech giant updates its rules on payment alternatives to align with EU antitrust decision. rss_fields: - title - url - summary - author - categories - published - entry_id - content url: https://www.politico.eu/article/apple-allows-music-apps-to-offer-payments-outside-app-store-in-the-eu/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication author: Tommaso Lecca

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