Spotify CEO calls Apple’s EU compliance a ‘farce,’ urges penalty enforcement

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek is not very happy about Apple’s current compliance with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). In a new interview with Bloomberg, he criticizes Apple and calls on EU regulators to bring swift action against the company. Ek says it’s time ‘to enforce the law’ against Apple Samuel Stolton writes for Bloomberg: Ek said that the iPhone maker’s attempts to step into line with the EU’s Digital Markets Act are a “farce.” Instead, he said Apple used a “well-established pattern of delaying and stalling” its compliance with the DMA, which sets strict guardrails on the behavior of the most powerful tech firms. “It is time for Europe to show that we are going to enforce the law that’s already been passed,” Ek said in an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday, adding that crackdowns on Apple’s conduct had also become a focus for regulators in the US. The EU previously expressed deep dissatisfaction with Apple’s initial DMA compliance, and is expected to be considering whether fu ... Read full article.