Spotify, Match tell US Senate Apple is abusing power in App Store


Kristen Daru, general counsel at Title Inc, center, listens during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, US on April 21, 2021. Apple and Alphabet’s Google will come under close antitrust scrutiny from lawmakers concerned about the way both companies run the marketplaces that give consumers around the world access to millions of apps on handheld devices. — Bloomberg

Spotify Technology SA and Match Group Inc, the company behind dating app Tinder, accused Apple Inc of abusing its power over software developers that depend on the iPhone maker’s App Store to reach users.

Executives from the companies testified Wednesday at a Senate hearing examining potentially anticompetitive conduct by Apple in the App Store and in Google’s digital marketplace for apps, Google Play.

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