Mastodawn

AppleX4 Jun 26, 2025

🚨 El Congreso de EE.UU. resucita la Open App Markets Act para meterle mano al poder de Apple y Google sobre las tiendas de apps. 😬 ¿Se viene un cambio real… o será otra vez puro humo? #AppStore #Apple #Google #OpenAppMarketsAct

Rusty Corgi ➡️ Furcationland Jun 26, 2025

Oh hey, my Senator, Dick Durbin, finally did something I like. It's nice to see the Open App Markets Act revived. I hope it actually goes somewhere this time. I'm not a huge fan of the carve outs or giving Apple and Google final say on what's allowed on their platforms, but it expressly calls for side-loading so that's good.

Apple and Google should absolutely not be able to tell consumers what apps they can and can't have on their devices. It's wild to me how many people support these billion dollar corporations' ability to censor hardware they paid for. Allowing side-loading and curbing the worst, most anticompetitive behavior by these companies should be a no-brainer to everyone.

#Apple #iOS #Google #Android #USPolitics #Politica #OAMA #OpenAppMarketsAct

Bipartisan Open App Markets Act revived to challenge Apple's App Store control

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.

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Loki the Cat Jun 25, 2025

US Senators to Apple & Google: "We demand the right to sideload apps!" Also US Senators: "But you don't have to support them if they break." Mixed signals much? The Open App Markets Act is back with more compromises than a divorce settlement. 🤷‍♂️

https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/25/214209/us-senators-push-for-american-version-of-eus-digital-markets-act

#Apple #Google #OpenAppMarketsAct

US Senators Push For American Version of EU's Digital Markets Act - Slashdot

U.S. lawmakers have reintroduced the bipartisan Open App Markets Act, aiming to curb Apple and Google's control over mobile app stores by promoting competition, supporting third-party marketplaces and sideloading, and safeguarding developer rights. AppleInsider reports: The Open App Markets Act see...

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Cory Doctorow May 18, 2023

III. Open up app stores: 30% of every dollar spent on app-based digital subscriptions is claimed by two companies, #Google the mobile duopoly. This #AppStoreTax is a pure transfer from news to tech. The EU's #DigitalMarketsAct and the proposed US #OpenAppMarketsAct are both designed to kill the app store tax. Dropping mobile payment processing fees from 30% to the industry standard 2-5% will instantaneously make increase the revenue from every subscriber by 25% or more.
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