Bipartisan Senate Bill Targets Tech Giants’ Dominance to Increase App Store Competition. The Bipartisan Senate Bill would impose new regulations for app stores to reduce Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s control over app markets and phone software on Wednesday, 11, 2021.
The Open App Markets Act will essentially impose restrictions on the mobile app marketplace. The bipartisan bill by Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn seek to boost competition and consumer protections. The bill was co-sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, chair of the Senate antitrust subcommittee.
Blumenthal said the bipartisan bill would help break the tech giant’s grip. Eventually, it could open the app economy to new competitors and give mobile users more control over their own devices. Blumenthal ap...
