What Spotify had to say about Apple plan to comply with EU regulation

Spotify said on Friday that Apple’s new plan to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is “a complete and total farce.”

From early March, developers will be able to offer alternative app stores on iPhones and opt out of using Apple’s in-app payment system, which charges commissions of up to 30%, under the bloc’s new rules.

However, developers will still be required to pay a “core technology fee” of 50 euro cents per user account per year under Apple’s new EU regime.