The European Union was fined 'Apple' of two billion dollars to limit the music of competitors through its applications

The European Union imposed a fine of 1.8 billion euros (two billion dollars) on Apple due to an investigation into the allegations that it blocked competitive music companies, including ‘Spotfai Technology’, to enter its platforms. The European Commission, the Cuperno, California company, ordered that the ban on music broadcast applications informs users of cheaper transactions of the Apple of August store App Store. The US Department of Justice plans to confront “Apple” at the pretext of the fight against monopoly, Margaret Vestaggar, head of anti -monopoly in the European Union, said: “For a decade, Apple has abused its dominant location in the market to disseminate music broadcast applications through the AP -store,” the users of alternative and cheapest music services available outside the apple system. ” Apple said it would challenge the European Union decision, which will start a legal battle that could last years. The company explained in a statement that the regulators failed to “reveal any reliable evidence that confirms the damage of consumers, and that the regulators ignore the fact that this market is growing prosperous, competitive and rapidly.” Strong procedures announced Apple in the first quarter revenue of $ 119.6 billion, including $ 69.7 billion in iPhone’s sales alone, with the sales of the device by 6% compared to last year. ‘Vester’ has made an effort to reduce the dominance of major technology companies in the federation as a basic strategy through fines and organizational procedures. The fine of Monday is the third biggest penalty to be imposed by practices that violate the competition. Alphabet also imposed on Google, “sanctions of more than 8 billion euros, while the largest counter-monopoly bammatics in the European Union have so far been a record 4,3 billion euros because of the dominance of the application market operating in the” Android “system in 2018. Unexpected tax exemptions from Ireland. of a successful European company, which is the leader in the digital music market. will be prevented from combining personal data through their different services and using the data they collect at the third -party dealers to compete. It will also have to allow users to download applications from other competitive enterprises. The rules came into effect on March 7, and Apple put its appointment under the new system.