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The European Commission ( EC ) has quietlycloseda longstanding antitrust probe into Apple over rules it enforces against third - party e - book and audiobook app developer .
The ECopened the probeback in 2020 after receive complaints over how Apple force compete e - Holy Scripture and audiobook app developers to use Apple ’s own in - app payment organisation , while also foreclose them from inform client of alternative way to give — a practice known as anti - steering . The EC opened a parallel investigation into standardised practicesvis à vismusic - streaming apps , a moveprompted by complaints made by Spotify .
For the music - streaming part , Apple washit by a $ 2 billion finein March . However , the undisclosed complainant in the e - record book / audiobook aspect of the investigation has since remove their complaint , result the Commission to shut the probe with no further activity .
“ The closing of an probe is not a finding that the conduct in question complies with EU rivalry rules , ” the announcement clarified .
