To Fight Apple and Google, Smaller App Rivals Organize a Coalition

To Fight Apple and Google, Smaller App Rivals Organize a Coalition

Spotify, Match Group, Epic Games and others have created a nonprofit alliance that they hope will amplify a protest against the power of the giants.An Apple Store in Brooklyn. The new Coalition for App Fairness will push for changes in Apple's and Google's app stores.Credit...John Taggart for The New York TimesBy Erin GriffithSAN FRANCISCO — For months, complaints from tech companies against Apple's and Google's power have grown louder.Spotify, the music streaming app, criticized Apple for the rules it imposed in the App Store. A founder of the software company Basecamp attacked Apple's “highway robbery rates” on apps. And last month, Epic Games, maker of the popular game Fortnite, sued Apple and Google, claiming they violated antitrust rules.Now these app makers are uniting in an unusual show of opposition against