Apple and Spotify warn Quebec against French music streaming quotas
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Spotify and Apple want Quebec to change its tune.Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content The two global streaming giants are urging the Legault government to rethink its plan to impose French-language quotas and other requirements, echoing arguments Netflix and YouTube made last week. “Imposing rigid quotas or obligations affecting algorithms could harm the user experience and reduce the effectiveness of personalized recommendation systems that are essential to music discovery,” Spotify said in a brief this week. A National Assembly committee is studying a Coalition Avenir Québec bill aimed at streamers....