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  1. Apple’s TV streaming and news party may ________(让竞争者买醉).

  2. Slick new gadgets are usually ________(苹果光彩夺目的盛会的亮点).

  3. But on Monday, the company will ________(聚焦在) subscriptions and services.

  4. A ________(群星荟萃的) new TV service is expected to ________(作为...的重点) Apple’s event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California.

  5. Apple will likely unveil a news subscription service built into a ________(以全新姿态出现的) Apple News, as well as one bundle to ________(一网打尽), tying all the services together with Apple Music.

  6. Plus it’s always possible for the show to ________(以...作为总结) “one more thing.”

  7. In other words, Apple is ________(将和全新的对手一起角逐) – just as two of Apple’s existing competitors are ________(强烈抗议).

  8. In the last two weeks, Spotify and Kaspersky Lab have ________(提起诉讼) with regulators alleging Apple ________(扼杀) services that directly compete with its own.

  9. The two companies, a streaming music giant and a cybersecurity ________(中流砥柱), made similar allegations of Apple abusing the marketplace power of its App Store to ________(扼杀) rivals’ features, promotions or pricing.

  10. Apple ________(否认了Spotify对他的指控) and hasn’t commented on Kaspersky’s.

  11. These kinds of disputes over ________(反垄断考虑) seem ________(站不住脚的) and ________(遥远的), but they could affect apps and services you use every day.

  12. And with Apple about to widen the kinds of services already offered by companies on its platforms, more of your favorite apps could be ________(卷入).

  13. ________(Apple的统治地位并非无人察觉).

  14. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic presidential nominee, has ________(呼吁科技巨头之间停止勾结) including Google, Facebook and, yes, Apple.

  15. “What we’re really facing here is an ________(生存危机) of a new economy,” said Rivka Gewirtz Little, a payment strategies analyst for IDC. “We are living in a ________(市场经济) where innovation is unending, but we still haven’t answered the questions of ________(公平地挣钱).”

  16. Another powerful regulator has shown she’s also ________(关注对...的抱怨) Apple.

  17. Margrethe Vestager is the EU’s competition commissioner. You may know her from the billions of euros in ________(接后) the EU has ________(施加在...的罚款) Google.

  18. Apple and Spotify are the world’s two most ________(流媒体音乐的主导势力).

  19. But Apple’s expected services Monday could bring it into more direct competition with ________(一众) other services you use.

  20. Apple’s streaming TV service: Expected release date, price, shows and movies Netflix, Hulu and other subscription video services will ________(在苹果的竞争范畴内) as it releases its $1 billion-plus ________(一系列满满的) original shows from ________(诸如) J.J. Abrams, Brie Larson, Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon.

  21. Offering add-on video subscriptions would ________(让Apple与...针锋相对) Amazon Prime Video and its Channels model – even ________(撞击)traditional partners like wireless company AT&T, which offers a VRV bundle of niche genre streaming services.

  22. And Apple’s news service, which is expected to offer a single subscription that unlocks access to a range of magazines and newspapers, would mean Apple ________(竞争) membership dollars against any subscription-based publisher that doesn’t participate in Apple’s bundle.

  23. Don’t expect to read the New York Times there, for one: The newspaper’s CEO said he was “________(猜疑)” of the concept.

  24. One of his ________(担忧) – not wanting to give up part of the Times’ $15-a-month digital subscription – ________(流入) one of Spotify’s main accusations of how Apple ________(暗中布局) against competitors: the App Store’s 30 percent fee.

  25. It’s something lots of services ________(埋怨).

  26. For any digital good or service sold in an iOS app, Apple ________(抽成30%).

  27. Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic, has called Apple’s charges a “________(寄生性损失).”

  28. But Apple’s response to Spotify’s complaint ________(加深了不安) if you’re a fan of these rival services.

  29. But for services still ________(渴望) ________(规模) of Spotify, opting out of the App Store may not be an option.

  30. Update ________(禁闭)

  31. The second of Spotify’s complaints last week, echoed by Kaspersky’s claim Wednesday, may also unsettle fans of Apple’s ________(未来的) competitors.

  32. Both say Apple withholds their app updates as a way of ________(消磨) the rival’s competitive edge – using its App Store policies to ________(束缚) features or prevent you from knowing about bargains.

  33. Spotify alleges that starting in 2016, as a way to ________(袭击) a rival while Apple Music was ________(升温), Apple began rejecting Spotify’s app updates.

  34. And according to Kaspersky, after iOS rolled out its own ________(家长控制), Apple prohibited a type of coding that let competitors’ apps offer similar features.

  35. Apple has ________(驳回) Spotify’s claim.

  36. “The only time we have requested adjustments is when Spotify has tried to ________(规避) the same rules that every other app follows,” it said. Apple hasn’t responded to Kaspersky’s allegation.

  37. “There’s a level of ________(封锁的) protectiveness and ________(封锁) that Apple has long functioned on,” Little said. “You can’t get other apps on the damn thing.”