


Giant 15-foot-tall T-rex skeleton weighing more than 3,000 pounds discovered in the United States is heading.Magnifying glasses at the ready! World's smallest TV is the same size as a postage stamp - but functions.'Apple’s approach has always been to grow the pie.'Īpple Music has struggled to keep pace with Spotify which now has more than 200 million subscribers worldwide, more than 100 million of which pay to use the service. And it’s not just the App Store that they’re trying to squeeze - it’s also artists, musicians and songwriters,' the company said in a statement.

'Underneath the rhetoric, Spotify’s aim is to make more money off others’ work. If Spotify were to comply with Apple's fee and opt-in to Apple's payment system, it would be forced raise its monthly prices, which the company says would make it non-competitive with Apple's own streaming services.Īll of the restrictions serve to favor Apple's own music-streaming service over Spotify, the company has alleged.Īpple shot back at Spotify's complaints earlier this year by rebutting allegations and crticizing the way the company treats artists. If Spotify chooses not to pay the fee, it is then prevented from sending customers promotional and marketing material outside of the Spotify app.

Specifically, Spotify says, Apple imposes a 30 percent tax on all sales made through its App Store. Apple and Spotify shared a heated exchange earlier this year when anti-trust complaints were filed against Apple for allegedly discriminating against the company (File photo)
