The CEO of Spotify believes that Apple will open its platforms little by little

Spotify continues to be the king with more than 200 million active users, Apple Music is advancing steadily, gaining the trust of users and providing tools and functions of interest to its subscribers. Since Spotify sued Apple last year in the European Commission for unfair competition and for acting as a "referee and player at the same time", the relationship between these two great technology companies has been changing in stages. Nevertheless, Daniel Eck, CEO of Spotify, believes that after those events Apple will open its platforms little by little until it becomes an open and fair platform.

Spotify thinks Apple takes steps slowly, but takes them

The controversy of the lawsuit has been brewing for years after no agreement emerged between Apple and Spotify. The latter complained that apply the subscription through the Apple platform would have to pay a commission of 30% to any transaction made from the application to Apple. This is because the App Store includes this impuesto to any membership or digital sale that is made. According to the CEO of Spotify, having to pay this tax would:

Artificially inflating the price of our Premium membership far above the price of Apple Music. And for the sake of keeping our price competitive for our customers, it is something that we cannot do.

In a new statement Daniel Eck, the current CEO of Spotify, assures that Apple is making good decisions and heading in a good direction. However, he believes that there is a long time and many steps to be taken to ensure that all the platforms of the Big Apple are located in an open and fair ecosystem. All these statements have a common core that can be explained by the lawsuit made by Spotify before the European Commission last year.

The ultimate goal that Ek seeks is that all platforms and services have the same level within the ecosystem. It is not misdirected from the latest rumors that iOS could allow choose which apps would be the default for certain actions. And these apps could include third-party applications, something that Spotify constantly looks for.