Apple hit with €1.8bn fine for breaking EU law over music streaming
苹果接到欧盟18亿欧元天价罚单
Brussels has fined Apple €1.8bn for stifling competition from rival music streaming services, the first time the iPhone maker has been punished for breaching EU law.
欧盟以苹果(Apple)压制来自对手音乐流媒体服务的竞争为由，对这家美国科技巨头开出18亿欧元的罚单，这是iPhone制造商首次因违反欧盟法律而受到处罚。
Margrethe Vestager, the bloc’s competition chief, said the tech giant had broken EU antitrust rules for a decade by “restricting developers from informing consumers about alternative, cheaper music services available outside of the Apple ecosystem”.
欧盟竞争事务专员玛格丽特•维斯塔格(Margrethe Vestager)表示，这家科技巨头10年来一直违反欧盟反垄断规则，“限制开发商向消费者告知在苹果生态系统以外提供的更便宜的替代音乐服务”。
She said this amounted to abuse of the group’s dominant position for music streaming on its App Store.
她表示，这相当于滥用该集团在其App Store（应用商店）上的音乐流媒体主导地位。
