The media company said today that it had filed a new version of App Store displaying pricing and feature information about the audio company's various plans in the EU. The update also comes with a link for users to buy subscription plans from Spotify's website, pending approval from Apple.

The European Commission has handed Apple a record EUR 1.84 billion ($2 billion) fine for the firm's anti-competitive practices in the music streaming market. EU's competition chief, Margrethe Vestager, at a press conference said Apple has to call a halt to its anti-steering practices.

"Going forward, Apple will have to let music streaming developers communicate directly with their users - that can be inside the app, over email, or by any means of communication," she said.

This move has lifted Spotify, and hence the music streaming service has filed this new version with details concerning the subscriptions, offers, and link to buy those, according to reports by The Verge. The audio company does not show on the app present prices for different plans, with messages such as "You can't upgrade to Premium in the app. We know, it's not ideal.".

In January, Spotify teased a whole slate of modifications that would relate to the Digital Markets Act. That includes the ability to subscribe via in-app purchases and to purchase single audiobooks from the app. However, before the new mechanism actually materialized on Apple, the latter had its own different plan that saw the compliance method rolled out within days effectively nipping in the bud many of these changes from happening.

If an adopted company accepts the changes that Apple has made, they pay a new "core technology fee" to cover downloads from several sources, which may number into millions of cases for companies such as Spotify.

Spotify referred to this as a "powerful message" on its blog, where it stated that even "a monopoly like Apple" cannot "wield power abusively" to dictate how other companies deal with their clients.

To this, Apple said it will appeal the decision to the EC and said that Spotify has been "the biggest beneficiary" of the App Store. In its letter, Apple said that Spotify benefits from enjoying a majority of its market share in Europe in the music streaming market while paying "Apple nothing for the services that have helped make them one of the most recognizable brands in the world.".