[CivilianZero]

I'm curious how often this has actually occurred in the App Store? I can't think of too many apps that Apple has released that have many competitors. Sure, there are the built in apps (which you can remove) but I certainly haven't seen any lack of To Do or weather apps on the App Store.

[matsemann]

It's an issue for Spotify vs Apple Music for instance. Apple wants a cut of Spotify's fee, and also had APIs for Apple Watch etc only they themselves could use.

[threeseed]

Spotify never implemented those APIs.

There were other apps e.g. Podcast ones that used it.

[matsemann]

They did, Apple just rejected their app... https://www.timetoplayfair.com/timeline/

[threeseed]

No. They wanted to "work with Apple" on developing proposals that favoured their specific app.

And then kicked up a fuss when Apple said no.

When actual APIs were released Spotify never bothered to implement them for quite some time.