Font Size Apple has had a history of charging app developers fees for the honor of having an app in the App Store. But several companies have now accused Apple of “anticompetitive” practices in a Senate subcommittee hearing. The hearing, entitled “Antitrust Applied: Examining Competition in App Stores,” featured testimony from representatives of Spotify, Tile, and Match. The witnesses at the hearing levied several allegations, including that Apple undercut, and even copied, some of its competitors. Horacio Gutierrez, the head of global affairs and chief legal officer for Spotify, testified that Apple required his company to use Apple’s in-app payment system for users. This system included Apple’s 30 percent fee. Gutierrez noted in his written testimony that the 30 percent fee “forced” the service to raise the price of its premium subscription service from $9.99 to $12.99.