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The European Union sent a revised charge sheet to Apple Inc., narrowing the scope of its allegations that the company abused its position in the market for distributing music-streaming apps.
The European Commission, the bloc’s antitrust watchdog, said Tuesday its concerns now focus on contractual restrictions that Apple
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imposed on app developers, which the commission said prevented them from informing iPhone and iPad users about other ways to subscribe to music-streaming services.
The regulator said it no longer takes a position on the company imposing its own, in-app payment technology on music-streaming app developers, dropping earlier allegations related to the payment technology as part of an antitrust action first announced nearly two years ago. The case stems from a complaint by Spotify Technology SA
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which competes with Apple’s music-streaming service.
Write to By Kim Mackrael at Kim.Mackrael@wsj.com
