Apple Set to Be Hit by EU Antitrust Order in App Store Fight With Spotify
- EU to ban allegedly abusive App Store rules for music rivals
- Antitrust decision due early 2024 and could come with fines
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Apple Inc. faces a potentially hefty fine as well as a ban on App Store rules it allegedly used to thwart music-streaming rivals, in the European Union’s latest crackdown on Big Tech.
EU regulators are putting the finishing touches to a decision on Apple’s practice of blocking music services from pushing their users away from the App Store to alternative, cheaper, subscription options, according to people familiar with the investigation. The decision is slated for early next year, they added.