A new front opens for Spotify. Spotify has been in an open battle with Apple for some time now. The streaming music company accused Apple, in a letter to the European Commission, of taking advantage of its own platforms, such as the App Store, as a springboard to their services, such as Apple Music, to the detriment of other competitors, such as Spotify
Apple responded emphatically to these accusations The apple company raised, responding to the accusation of applying a 30% commission to subscriptions made through theApp Store, that Spotify wanted all the advantages of free apps without being free.
The composers have decided that maybe this is the best way to apply pressure
In addition, Apple also stressed that Spotify was hell-bent on paying artists less and less. Something that has been demonstrated since Spotify appealed the 45% increase agreed by the entity in charge of copyright roy alties (CRB) in the US. And this is what makes composers angry.
Thus, many songwriters would have opted to cancel their Spotify subscription in favor of Apple Music. Be careful, they are not stopping making their songs available on Spotify, but they are canceling their monthly subscriptions to the service.
Will Apple be the big beneficiary of this movement?
As has picked up a media, many of these songwriters are doing this as a complaint and sharing it on Twitter.And, although it may seem minor, nearly 100 major songwriters have sent a letter to the CEO of Spotify saying they are disappointed and asking them not to appeal the CRB's decision.
Of course, if to the fact that Apple Music has surpassed Spotify in number of paying subscribers in the United States we add this boycott and response that composers are having, one of the important part in the music business, this is not being the best month for Spotify.
