The EU Commission said that it had found that Apple violated antitrust regulations by unfairly favoring its own music streaming service. Apple said that Spotify is the biggest beneficiary of the decision.
The European Union on Monday hit tech giant Apple with an antitrust fine worth €1.8 billion ($1.9 billion).
The statement said that the company had been unfairly favoring its own music streaming service over those of its rivals.
"The Commission found that Apple applied restrictions on app developers preventing them from informing iOS users about alternative and cheaper music subscription services available outside of the app," the European Commission said in a statement.
"This is illegal under EU antitrust rules."
Apple said that the biggest beneficiary of the decision is the Swedish streaming service Spotify, which sells subscriptions through its own website and not through Apple's app store.
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