Spotify CEO Daniel Ek just blasted Apple for abusing its power. It’s a remarkable irony


Ek is worth US$3.7bil (RM17.49bil) while most Spotify artistes earn less than US$1,000 (RM4,729). Is he the right person to talk about greed? — Photo by Sara Kurfeß on Unsplash

Daniel Ek, founder and CEO of music streaming service Spotify took to LinkedIn on Friday to complain long and loud about Apple’s new policies for its app store in Europe.

Ek may have a point that what Apple’s doing is questionable, if not actually illegal. But he is absolutely the wrong person to make that point.

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