![]() Spotify CEO Daniel Ek also noted that the streaming giant filed a complaint against Apple with the European Commission but has yet to receive a decision on the matter, saying that Apple is "doing serious harm" and "choking competition. Spotify is rolling out a major update to its interface, CEO Daniel Ek announced at the streaming giant’s Stream On event in Los Angeles on Wednesday. ![]() This harms not only consumers but, this time, also authors and publishers who now find themselves under Apple's thumb." "Bottom line, we're forced to make users work even harder to listen to an audiobook. This past month, multiple AI-generated songs that legitimately sound like theyre from popular artists went viral. ![]() "The Audiobooks purchase flow that Apple's rules force us to provide consumers today is far too complicated and confusing - confusing because they change the rules arbitrarily, making them impossible to interpret," Spotify said in a press release aimed directly at Apple. Spotify, entrepreneurship and how we can help pave a path for more European companies to thrive in the US. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says AI music is a legitimate concern. Daniel Ek, (born February 21, 1983, Stockholm, Sweden), Swedish entrepreneur who in 2006 cofounded Spotify, an Internet music-streaming service that provides listeners with legal, ad-supported access to millions of songs, rejecting traditional models of downloading and eliminating per-song costs. In a lengthy thread posted to Twitter on Wednesday, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek wrote. Spotify will incur 35 million to 45 million euros in severance costs, the company said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company has more than 381 million users, 172 million of whom are paying subscribers. Spotify ( SPOT) is escalating its public battle with Apple ( AAPL) over its controversial app store practices. Since Apple has control of its App Store, it is able to sell books to customers through Apple Books on iOS. Stockholm-born Daniel Ek is the cofounder and CEO of streaming music service Spotify. ![]() Since audiobooks are not free, it makes it impossible for Spotify to offer the selection to subscribers without having to give Apple the fee on iOS, as Spotify is downloaded through Apple's App Store. ![]()
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