Spotify Created Furious Again, Call Apple It's An Audio Book Business Hall

Spotify launched its audiobook business with 300,000 titles in it. (photo: dock. unsplash)

JAKARTA - This week after angering Meta, Apple has also provoked Spotify's emotions because of the rules on its app's online store, the App Store.

Last month, Spotify launched its audiobook business with 300,000 titles in it, but Apple has rejected its purchasing system three times because it is claimed to have violated its rules.

If Spotify wants approval, its service should hide the price of audiobooks and sell outside of major apps via email link.

Spotify says Apple is taking anti-competitive actions, as all these rules make it quite difficult for Spotify to compete as users cannot easily compare prices with other platforms.

"(It's) not only detrimental to consumers, but, this time, also writers and publishers who are now under Apple's control," Spotify said.

He added that this rule is also very troublesome for buyers who usually only click on the link directly to buy audio books.

But according to Apple, Spotify can be easily accepted if the company follows the App Store rules.

"We gave them clear guidance on how to solve the problem, and agreed to their app after they made the changes that made it appropriate," an Apple spokesperson told NYTimes quoted from Engadget, Thursday, October 27.

In addition, Apple also took a 30 percent cut when Spotify sold its audiobooks through the App Store purchasing system. Of course, this puts Spotify's business in an unfavorable position.

"With the launch of Our Audio Book, Apple is once again proving how brave they are with its App Store rules, constantly changing goalposts to harm their competitors," said Spotify CEO Daniel Ek.

Spotify is already in a battle with Apple over music subscriptions, when commissions are 30 percent detrimental to consumers.

"Almost four years. How long Spotify has filed a complaint against Apple with the European Commission, and we are still waiting for a decision," concluded Ek.