Spotify CEO Joins Elon Musk, Accuses Apple of ‘Shameless’ Policies
The CEO of Spotify joined Twitter owner Elon Musk Wednesday in criticizing Apple over its App Store rules, claiming the firm only acts in its own self-interest.
In a thread on Twitter, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek wrote that as Musk and “countless entrepreneurs” have noted, “Apple is shameless in their bullying including our recent efforts to help authors sell more audiobooks.”
“Apple acts in self interest but also doesn’t seem to care about the law or courts,” Ek wrote, adding, “How much longer will we look away from this threat to the future of the internet? How many more consumers will be denied choice? There’s been a lot of talk. Talk is helpful but we need action.”…