Spotify will update its app on Apple devices in the European Union on Wednesday to include the prices of its various plans and services, more than three months after the iPhone maker rejected such a move.
This rejection was due to Spotify’s failure to accept Apple’s Music Streaming Services Entitlement. These newly introduced terms govern how music streaming apps in the European Economic Area inform their users about alternative ways to purchase.
The Swedish audio streaming company said that while it now accepts these terms, its iOS app will not offer users an external link for purchases because it does not want to pay Apple a commission on such transactions.
Apple had said that accepting its music streaming terms does not require an external link for payments.
“While this is progress, it is just a small step on the long journey to provide iPhone consumers with the core product experiences they expect and deserve in their apps,” Spotify said in a statement.
Apple made it easier for music streaming apps to communicate with iOS device users in the EU in early April. A month earlier, Brussels fined the company 1.84 billion euros ($2 billion) for hindering competition with music streaming rivals by imposing restrictions on the App Store.
Apple did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. (Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D’Souza)
