“We provided them with clear guidance on how to resolve the issue, and approved their app after they made changes that brought it into compliance,” Apple’s spokesman said.
Amazon: The company paused plans to build a second headquarters in Virginia, the latest reminder of the tech industry’s slowdown and the pandemic’s toll on in-office work.Īn Apple spokesman said that the company had no objections to Spotify adding audiobooks, but he added that Spotify couldn’t do so by circumventing rules against providing web addresses and language that encourages customers to make purchases outside its app.Those working on such projects were hit hard in recent layoffs. Bad Bets: Big tech companies have long been willing to fund efforts with no obvious payoff.Silicon Valley Bank: The sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has set off panic across the tech world, rattling a start-up industry already on edge.
Meta: The company said that it planned to lay off about 10,000 employees, or roughly 13 percent of its work force - another round of job cuts after it laid off more than 11,000 people in November. After a series of rejections, Spotify said that Apple on Tuesday approved a version of its app with the audiobook experience. To abide by Apple’s rules, Spotify included its legal team in the product development process and tapped a former start-up founder with a law degree, Nir Zicherman, to spearhead the effort.Īpple initially approved the new feature in Spotify’s existing app before later reversing course, sending Spotify into what it considered to be a Kafkaesque world where Apple simultaneously told the audio company that it could send customers emails about online purchases but couldn’t provide a button inside its app to request those emails. The audiobook fracas offers a glimpse into the challenges developers face as they try to introduce new features. Since making an antitrust complaint against Apple in Europe in 2019, Spotify has urged regulators and lawmakers to give app developers the freedom to tell customers about ways to purchase products and services outside of Apple’s payment system, which many apps are required to use. Spotify views the conflict over audiobooks as another example of how Apple impedes competition and hampers rivals.
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