As a consumer, Spotify’s chief legal officer Horacio Gutierrez would have no choice but to admire Apple as a company and what it has done with its products. Unfortunately, on the business side of things, it is a whole new debate, as Gutierrez comments that Apple has been disingenuous on how much revenue it generates through the App Store.

In an interview with The Verge, Gutierrez is initially all praises about Apple but later states that the App Store deserves regulatory attention.

He also goes on to say that it is disingenuous for Apple to say that it has no idea how much revenue is generated through the App Store.

But the reality is that you can admire a company and a lot of what they’ve done and the beautiful products they create and [still] be critical in the way that they behave in certain aspects of their business. It is clear to me that when it comes to their policies on app stores and the way in which they’re treating [not just] competing apps, but a whole variety of apps on their App Store, is just unfair, and I think it deserves regulatory attention and I think they’re getting regulatory attention for it. You can love a company and at the same time be able to point out things that they should be doing differently.”

You can check out the entire interview here if you wish, and let us know down in the comments if you think Spotify’s legal chief officer is right in his comments. Also, if you admire and use Apple products but do not agree with the company’s business practices, share that info with us too.

News Source: The Verge