{"id":39943,"date":"2023-07-03T16:33:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T20:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=39943"},"modified":"2023-07-07T09:07:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T13:07:25","slug":"apple-resisting-further-changes-to-anti-steering-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/03\/apple-resisting-further-changes-to-anti-steering-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Resisting Further Changes to Anti-Steering Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-06-29\/apple-defies-eu-over-antitrust-charges-in-spotify-probe#xj4y7vzkg\">Stephanie Bodoni<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-06-29\/apple-defies-eu-over-antitrust-charges-in-spotify-probe#xj4y7vzkg\">\n<p>Apple Inc. is set for a showdown with European Union antitrust regulators, insisting it doesn&rsquo;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 Technology SA.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Apple considers it already addressed any possible competition concerns over the past two years with changes that create a fair balance between the interests of Apple and app developers[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Spotify says that Apple&rsquo;s anti-steering rules prohibit it and other developers &ldquo;from telling consumers about any deals or promotions through their own apps.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These rules still exist today and Apple&rsquo;s supposed changes in fact change nothing at all and are just for show,&rdquo; Spotify said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/09\/eu-narrowing-the-spotify-antitrust-case\/\">EU Narrowing the Spotify Antitrust Case<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/28\/apple-rejects-spotify-update-that-e-mails-external-purchase-info\/\">Apple Rejects Spotify Update That E-mails External Purchase Info<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/02\/relaxing-anti-steering-rules-for-reader-apps\/\">Relaxing Anti-Steering Rules for Reader Apps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/13\/spotify-time-to-play-fair\/\">Spotify: Time to Play Fair<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"apple-resisting-further-changes-to-anti-steering-rules-update-2023-07-07\">Update (2023-07-07): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2023\/07\/05\/spotify-subscribers-no-app-store-payment\/\">Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2023\/07\/05\/spotify-subscribers-no-app-store-payment\/\"><p>Spotify has not allowed customers to sign up for a Spotify Premium subscription through the  App Store  for the last seven years.  App Store  Spotify subscriptions were in fact only available for a two-year period between 2014 and 2016, but some longtime subscribers have continued to pay for Spotify through the  App Store  since that time.<\/p><p>In emails to customers, Spotify says that it is no longer accepting Apple&rsquo;s billing service as a payment method.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephanie Bodoni: Apple Inc. is set for a showdown with European Union antitrust regulators, insisting it doesn&rsquo;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 Technology SA. 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