John GruberLooks like it’s time for the European Commission to launch an investigation into Apple Music: https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/
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Sean@gruber I still remember when apples iBooks were investigated AND FINED for offering cheaper ebooks so Amazon could keep ebook prices artificially high.
Cesare Forelli@Craktok @gruber This reminded me of when France (2014, 2022) and Italy (2020) passed laws limiting the discount rate Amazon is allowed to apply.
Because you can always count on governments to help customers, right?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/23/france-minimum-book-delivery-fee-amazon
France Passes Anti-Amazon Law Eliminating Free Shipping; Amazon Responds With 0.01 Euro Shipping Fees - FDRA
In a long-running legal battle that stretches back nearly a decade, Amazon has again emerged as the winner, despite both a court ruling and legislation against it.
matdevdug@gruber I’m sure they’d love to but I think some European customers would have to use it first. 😛
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dmitriidIt's a lot of nothingburgers with largely unsubstantiated claims (and Epidemic Sound that was mentioned several times is a legitimate business).
Like all such articles, the main issue is completely ignored. They manged to dedicate one whole paragraph to it even though literally everything in the article can be explained by it (whether true or not).
Disclaimer: I work at Spotify, and can do nothing but roll my eyes at such articles.
Lalit Jagtap@gruber yes only Apple might help EU from going bankrupt.