Big Tech’s grip on the app economy is under fire again as lawmakers reintroduce the bipartisan “Open App Markets Act” aimed at breaking Apple and Google’s app store dominance.
On Tuesday, June 24, U.S. senators Marsha Blackburn, Richard Blumenthal, Mike Lee, Amy Klobuchar, and Dick Durbin introduced the Open App Markets Act. This bipartisan bill hopes to establish enforceable rules designed to “promote competition and strengthen consumer protections within the app market,” according to Senator Blackburn’s website.
The bill alleges that both Apple and Google have gatekeeper control over the two dominant mobile operating systems and their app stores. It warns that this power gives them restricts both competition and consumer choice.
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