{"id":119732,"date":"2021-08-11T18:55:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T18:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=119732"},"modified":"2021-08-11T18:55:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T18:55:09","slug":"u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to rein in Apple, Google app stores"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan trio of senators introduced a bill that would rein in app stores of companies they said exert too much market control, including Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc\u2019s Google.<\/p>

Slideshow ( 2 images )<\/span><\/figcaption>

Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal and Amy Klobuchar teamed up with Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn to sponsor the bill, which would bar big app stores from requiring app providers to use their payment system. It would also prohibit them from punishing apps that offer different prices or conditions through another app store or payment system.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found this predatory abuse of Apple and Google so deeply offensive on so many levels,\u201d Blumenthal said in an interview Wednesday. \u201cTheir power has reached a point where they are impacting the whole economy in stifling and strangling innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blumenthal said he expected companion legislation in the House of Representatives \u201cvery soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The stakes are high for Apple, whose App Store anchors its $53.8 billion services business and boosts profits as the smartphone market has matured.<\/p>\n

Tile, which makes tags to find lost objects, complained earlier this year about Apple launching a rival product.<\/p>\n

Google declined to comment, but a spokeswoman cited previous company statements that Android devices often come preloaded with two or more app stores and that app sellers can allow downloads without using Google\u2019s Play Store.<\/p>\n

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

The bill won praise from Spotify, Epic and Tile.<\/p>\n

A similar law revision introduced in South Korea could become the first law to globally curb Google\u2019s in-app billings. Google said last year it would enforce certain in-app payment methods there and receive 30% commission fees from all non-game digital content.<\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s control over apps on its Store, and 15% to 30% commissions on digital sales have come under regulatory scrutiny. A federal judge is reviewing testimony to rule on an antitrust lawsuit by \u201cFortnite\u201d creator Epic Games.<\/p>\n

Epic also sued Google for its app store practices, as have a big group of state attorneys general alleging that it unlawfully worked to maintain a monopoly for its app store for Android phones.<\/p>\n

Source: Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan trio of senators introduced a bill that would rein in app stores of companies they said exert too much market control, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":119731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nU.S. lawmakers introduce bill to rein in Apple, Google app stores - Fin2me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to rein in Apple, Google app stores - Fin2me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan trio of senators introduced a bill that would rein in app stores of companies they said exert too much market control, [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Fin2me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-11T18:55:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/U.S.-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-Apple-Google-app-stores.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores\/\",\"name\":\"U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to rein in Apple, Google app stores - Fin2me\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-11T18:55:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-11T18:55:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Markets\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/category\/markets\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to rein in Apple, Google app stores\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/\",\"name\":\"Fin2me\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a\",\"name\":\"Mark\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39b72719fb75a2d3c7d7695026648602?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39b72719fb75a2d3c7d7695026648602?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Mark\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to rein in Apple, Google app stores - Fin2me","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to rein in Apple, Google app stores - Fin2me","og_description":"WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan trio of senators introduced a bill that would rein in app stores of companies they said exert too much market control, [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores\/","og_site_name":"Fin2me","article_published_time":"2021-08-11T18:55:09+00:00","author":"Mark","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/U.S.-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-Apple-Google-app-stores.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores\/","url":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores\/","name":"U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to rein in Apple, Google app stores - Fin2me","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2021-08-11T18:55:09+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-11T18:55:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/u-s-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-rein-in-apple-google-app-stores\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Markets","item":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/category\/markets\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to rein in Apple, Google app stores"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/","name":"Fin2me","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a","name":"Mark","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39b72719fb75a2d3c7d7695026648602?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39b72719fb75a2d3c7d7695026648602?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Mark"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}