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Re:EU to hit Apple with first ever fine in €500M penalty ove... by FireBeyond on Sunday February 18, 2024 @06:44PM (#39424734)
The App Store didn't come out until nearly 2 1/2 years after Spotify, though.
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Re:EU to hit Apple with first ever fine in €500M penalty ove... by lotsofpulp on Sunday February 18, 2024 @07:19PM (#39424938)
Not true, iOS App Store came out Jul 2008.

Spotify came out 2010 in UK and 2011 in USA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Store_(Apple)

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Re:EU to hit Apple with first ever fine in €500M penalty ove... by Jensson on Monday February 19, 2024 @04:33AM (#39427726)
In Sweden it was launched 2008, first iphone was announced 2007, so yeah certainly wasn't world leading before the first iphone announcement.
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