{"id":640368,"date":"2021-08-13T10:06:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=640368"},"modified":"2021-08-13T10:06:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:06:40","slug":"senators-introduce-open-app-markets-act-to-limit-big-tech-app-store-monopolies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-introduce-open-app-markets-act-to-limit-big-tech-app-store-monopolies\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators Introduce \u2018Open App Markets Act\u2019 To Limit Big Tech App Store Monopolies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenators-introduce-open-app-markets-act-to-limit-big-tech-app-store-monopolies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=640368&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1195324851.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Senators introduced the \u201cOpen App Markets Act\u201d to limit monopolies in smartphone app stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Proposed by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackburn.senate.gov\/2021\/8\/blackburn-blumenthal-klobuchar-introduce-bipartisan-antitrust-legislation-to-promote-app-store-competition\"><span>legislation<\/span><\/a><span> would \u201cset fair, clear, and enforceable rules to protect competition and strengthen consumer protections within the app market.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A press release from Blackburn\u2019s office specifically implicated Google and Apple for exercising \u201cgatekeeper control of the two dominant mobile operating systems and their app stores that allow them to exclusively dictate the terms of the app market, inhibiting competition and restricting consumer choice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBig Tech giants are forcing their own app stores on users at the expense of innovative start-ups,\u201d argued Blackburn in the release. \u201cApple and Google want to prevent developers and consumers from using third-party app stores that would threaten their bottom line. Their anti-competitive conduct is a direct affront to a free and fair marketplace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCompetition is critical to protecting small businesses and consumers, spurring innovation, and promoting economic equity,\u201d added Klobuchar. \u201cBut as mobile technologies have become essential to our daily lives, it has become clear that a few gatekeepers control the app marketplace, wielding incredible power over which apps consumers can access. This raises serious competition concerns.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The bill would protect developers\u2019 rights to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span>Tell consumers about lower prices and offer competitive pricing<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Protect sideloading of apps<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Open up competitive avenues for startup apps, third-party app stores, and payment services<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Make it possible for developers to offer new experiences that take advantage of consumer device features<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Prevent app stores from disadvantaging developers<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>The pending Open App Markets Act is the latest piece of bipartisan legislation meant to crack down on leading technology companies. While Democrats are generally concerned about the growing power of large corporations in the United States, Republicans emphasize technology platforms\u2019 willingness to censor conservative-leaning content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In June, a group of House members from both parties <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bipartisan-antitrust-bills-would-break-up-amazon-google-apple-facebook\"><span>introduced<\/span><\/a><span> a suite of regulations that would break up Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Alphabet, the parent company of Google.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The five bills were as follows:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In their latest round of earnings reports, firms such as Twitter, Apple, Alphabet, Facebook, and Microsoft drastically <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/as-earnings-season-continues-big-tech-rakes-in-big-profits\"><span>exceeded<\/span><\/a><span> revenue forecasts as the United States economy recovered from COVID-19 and the lockdown-induced recession.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senators introduced the \u201cOpen App Markets Act\u201d to limit monopolies in smartphone app stores.Proposed by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the legislation &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-640368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}