--- title: Spotify, Epic Games, and others pen letter to EC,... description: Epic Games, Spotify, and other developers have written a letter to the European Commission stating that Apple has made a mockery of the Digital Markets Act... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/spotify-epic-games-and-others-pen-letter-to-ec-claiming-apple-has-made-a-mockery-of-the-dma-54fr9jnuk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Spotify, Epic Games, and others pen letter to EC, claiming Apple has made a ‘mockery’ of the DMA | daily.dev og:description: Epic Games, Spotify, and other developers have written a letter to the European Commission stating that Apple has made a mockery of the Digital Markets Act... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/spotify-epic-games-and-others-pen-letter-to-ec-claiming-apple-has-made-a-mockery-of-the-dma-54fr9jnuk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/54fR9jNuk.png og:image:alt: Spotify, Epic Games, and others pen letter to EC, claiming Apple has made a ‘mockery’ of the DMA og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Spotify, Epic Games, and others pen letter to EC, claiming Apple has made a ‘mockery’ of the DMA **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Epic Games, Spotify, and other developers have written a letter to the European Commission stating that Apple has made a mockery of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and urging the E.C. to take action. Apple's new DMA rules have been criticized for not creating a level playing field and introducing a Core Technology Fee that imposes additional costs on developers. The letter calls for alternative app stores and sideloading to be allowed. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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