{"id":4670,"date":"2016-07-02T08:05:37","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T00:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/02\/apple-fires-back-at-spotify-over-app-update-dispute\/"},"modified":"2016-07-02T08:05:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T00:05:37","slug":"apple-fires-back-at-spotify-over-app-update-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/02\/apple-fires-back-at-spotify-over-app-update-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple fires back at Spotify over app update dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f134232%2fap_658655019080\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/ZfyOuefUoqK4B0F0u7pT88NUvfo=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F134232%2FAP_658655019080.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Apple+fires+back+at+Spotify+over+app+update+dispute&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F01%2Fapple-letter-spotify-app-store%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F01%2Fapple-letter-spotify-app-store%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Apple has fired back after Spotify took the company to task for rejecting an app update.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter sent by Apple&#8217;s top lawyer, the Cupertino company accuses the music streaming platform of asking for special treatment while blasting it for &#8220;rumors and half-truths.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/06\/30\/apple-spotify-app-war\/?utm_campaign=&amp;utm_context=textlink&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_source=\">Apple rejects Spotify&#8217;s app update, Spotify calls approval process a &#8216;weapon&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the letter, first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/johnpaczkowski\/apple-fires-back-at-spotify-for-asking-for-preferential-trea?utm_term=.mk5JKrrzj#.rhnXrRR82\">BuzzFeed<\/a>, Apple&#8217;s General Counsel Bruce Sewell notes that Spotify has &#8220;benefited enormously&#8221; from Apple&#8217;s App Store and asks the company to update its app to bring it in line with the App Store&#8217;s developer guidelines. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/07\/01\/apple-letter-spotify-app-store\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/music\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Music<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/app-store\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">App Store<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/spotify\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/apple\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Apple<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/apps-and-software\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Apps And Software<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/_FWdmGDOUas\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has fired back after Spotify took the company to task for rejecting an app update. 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