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Spotify says Apple isn't playing fair Rico reports Spotify sent a letter to Apple's legal team that says Apple is using its App Store approval power as a weapon against Spotify Spotify says Apple is causing grave harm to Spotify and its customers by refusing to approve a new version of Spotify iOS app the letter says this latest episode raises serious concerns under both US and EU competition law and that Apple's rejection of Spotify his newest app is anti-competitive Spotify essentially says Apple is stopping this newest app because Apple has its own music subscription app Apple music Spotify has about twice the number of subscribers as Apple music Apple recently announced it has 15 million paid users Spotify has around 30 million recoat says the letter also suggests that Spotify has an issue with Apple subscription policy Apple charges up to 30 percent for subscriptions purchased within iOS apps Spotify recently started a new promotion three months of service for 99 cents if a user signed up at Spotify site the letter says Apple threatened to get rid of the Spotify app unless Spotify removed any mention of that promotion in its app Spotify complied with Apple's request however Spotify also dropped its App Store billing option and that's how we are where we are that's it for this tech news update I'm I as actor and you can stay on top of the biggest stories at cnet.com slash