imposing “a series of technical and experience-
limiting restrictions on Spotify”, and also accused
the Cupertino firm of blocking Spotify from
implementing “experience-enhancing upgrades”
with regard to Siri, HomePod and Apple Watch.
You can read Apple’s response to those claims
here. Effectively, its defense against Spotify’s
criticisms amounted to stating that the music
streaming specialists wished to continue to
enjoy the benefits of the App Store that had
enabled them to achieve their stellar growth to
date, without contributing to that marketplace.