Apple iPhone 6s was launched in 2014, and the company continued to sell the smartphone at a lower-cost offering from the company. The tech giant announced to halt sales after the release of the iPhone 7 in 2016. The company has finally titled iPhone 6 as a vintage product of the company.
The Dutch antitrust watchdog Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) fined Apple 5 million euros, or $5.7 million, on Monday over access to non-Apple payment methods for subscriptions to dating apps.
Audio streaming application Spotify is soon going to launch its podcast subscription service. The platform would be competing with Apple s newly announced podcast subscription service but it will not charge a fee or take a membership cut like its rival. As per Variety, the company will be letting content creators keep 100 per cent of the subscription fees. As per sources, Spotify will not take a cut of podcast subscription revenue. By contrast, Apple will keep up to 30 per cent of podcast subscription fees under its program, which is launching next month. Most creator platforms, including YouTube, Twitch, Facebook and Patreon, also take a cut of subscription fees and/or fan payments.