Shira Ovide, Columnist

In Spotify vs. Apple, There Are No Heroes Here

A tussle over Apple’s mobile app storefront is being treated by both as a moral war. It’s a business dispute.

March 18, 2019 at 7:00 AM EDT

Shira Ovide is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering technology. She previously was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal.

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The digital-music company Spotify and Apple Inc. are pretending a business dispute is a moral war.

Last week, in a fight over Apple’s mobile app storefront, Spotify Technology SA painted Apple as a bully that keeps people from enjoying music they love. Apple portrayed itself as a job-creating protector of the Everyman and Spotify as a scourge.

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