The European Union has fined Apple $2 billion for violating competition laws. This happened after a complaint from the streaming service Spotify.
As of CNN, the EU announced that the fine would be the first-ever antitrust penalty against Apple for failing to prevent rival music streaming services such as Spotify from telling iPhone users that they could find cheaper ways to subscribe outside of Apple's app store.
EU competition and digital affairs chief Margrethe Vestager said Apple had abused its dominant position as a distributor of music streaming apps.
She added that European consumers did not have a free choice about where, how and at what prices to buy music streaming subscriptions.
"This is illegal and has affected millions of European consumers," Vestager said.
Apple responded, that the European Commission's decision was made despite failing to find any credible evidence of harm to consumers and ignoring the realities of a thriving, competitive and fast-growing market.
The company said in a statement that app developers compete on an equal footing in Apple's app store.
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