On Tuesday Tile sent a letter accusing Apple of anticompetitive behavior to the European competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager.
Tile was best known for his Bluetooth tracking devices, arguing, by setting "always allow" to "off" for third-party tracking products and "On," for his own FindMy application in iOS 13.5, that Apple disadvantages Tile (related to Apple 's proper services). Tile also complained about the cessation of Apple's physical shop selling Tile products, and denied the App Store the company's 'equal placement.'
Apple has made a straightforward reply. Surprise: the company is not in agreement.
"We strongly reject the claim that Tile is against us on the grounds of non-competitive behaviour," Apple told the Financial Times. "We introduced further privacy protection last year in accordance with the critical path we had been following for more than a decade. Instead of arguing the question on its merits, Tile did not like these decisions, so instead they decided to launch unselfish attacks.
The European Commission informed the Financial Times that it received the letter with an ongoing inquiry into the matter.
Tile isn't Apple's first technology company in its practice in the App Store. Spotify last year filed a similar antitrust case accusing Apple Music of stifling streaming apps from third parties. This research is still underway.
Spotify CEO Daniel Elk opposed the "Apple tax" and claiming that the Company has blocked Spotify from upgrading its Siri, HomePod and Apple Watch systems (through which it takes a significant cut in Spotify subscribing commanded by the App Store)
