Apple says Spotify wants benefits of a free app without being free

Spotify is the tick complaining about the ox not nourishing it well.

Hmm... from those comments, Apple should remove Facebook from its store.

Anyway, I don't really know who is at blame here, I do know however that Apple does not care about anyone other than Apple itself.

Apple will make fraudulent comments (lies) about the quality/functionality of its software - such as the by now well known, "Screen Time" issue. So, with those lies in mind, whatever they say, is to be treated with the proverbial "Pinch of Salt".