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Apple in standoff with EU over treatment of music streaming rivals

Spotify says that Apple’s anti-steering rules prohibit it and other developers “from telling consumers about any deals or promotions through their own apps”

Spotify has pressed the EU’s antitrust unit into action with a complaint over how Apple takes an unfair cut of its subscription fees

Apple is set for a showdown with European Union antitrust regulators, insisting it doesn’t need to make any more changes to its App Store after it was hit by formal charges over its treatment of music streaming rivals such as Spotify.

The iPhone maker will argue at a hearing in Brussels on Friday that the EU wrongly accused it of illegal curbs on the likes of Spotify that prevent developers from steering users away from ...