Everyone Is Piling on the “Take Down Apple Music” Bandwagon

When Apple enter any sort of business , it tends to turn head . But when it comes to Apple Music , the companionship ’s new music pour service , it ’s getting a dissimilar variety of care — the Union faith - busting kind .

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hearsay set off last weekthat the Federal Trade Commission was probinginto whether Apple Music was doing more scathe than well for music streaming competition . service like Spotify , Rdio , and Pandora rely on the iTunes store to reach its iPhone - wield audience while Apple takes a cut of tax revenue from those apps themselves .

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Now with Apple Music in the mix , thing get a little more messy . Essentially , competition finger like they have to charge more adjust for the “ Apple Tax ” whereas Apple intelligibly does n’t charge itself for putting Apple Music on every iPhone draw iOS 8.4 .

This hebdomad , cyclosis help received subpoenasas the government ’s investigation continues . The FTC is also invite support from senatorsincluding Al Franken , who wrote a letter urging the FTC and Department of Justice to take a peek at Apple ’s allegedly anticompetitive practices :

“ Increased competition in the music streaming market should have in mind that consumers will finally benefit through more choices of better products and at lower terms . I am concerned , however , that Apple ’s position as a rife platform operator may actually cave many of the possible consumer benefits of its entry into the securities industry . ”

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Although the letter is a little late to get the ballock roll , since the FTC is already mid - probe , Franken and other congressional financial support for the investigation could ensure that the FTC ’s investigation does n’t do away with with a flop but actually stop with some impending sound action if necessary .

It ’s anyone ’s opine what this will end up meaning to Apple and its newbie medicine streaming platform . The problem is additionally confusing considering iTunes is not the be - all - end - all method of distributing apps ( just the most commodious ) , but despite Apple ’s wish to obviate another complication in what hasalready been a jolty launch , it look like this annoying antitrust gnat wo n’t be swat forth so easily .

[ VentureBeat ]

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