{"id":323676,"date":"2021-08-13T20:54:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T17:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/house-senate-push-to-loosen-apple-google-app-store-stranglehold\/"},"modified":"2021-08-13T20:54:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T17:54:54","slug":"house-senate-push-to-loosen-apple-google-app-store-stranglehold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/house-senate-push-to-loosen-apple-google-app-store-stranglehold\/","title":{"rendered":"#House, Senate push to loosen Apple, Google app store &#8216;stranglehold&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#House, Senate push to loosen <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le, Google app store &#8216;stranglehold&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Apple and Google\u2019s lucrative app stores are under threat from bipartisan legislation introduced in Congress this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A bill introduced in the House on Friday would bar Apple and Google from blocking users from downloading apps from third-party app stores. <\/p>\n<p>The bill, a companion to a Senate bill introduced earlier this week, would also stop the tech giants from requiring app developers to use Apple or Google\u2019s payment systems \u2014 a major point of contention behind an ongoing legal battle between Fortnite developer Epic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s and Apple.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the lawsuit, which has yet to be decided, Epic blasted the 30 percent commissions Apple charges larger developers, saying were only possible because the iPhone maker maintained an unlawful monopoly. <\/p>\n<p>Apple has admitted it made \u201cat least\u201d $100 million from commissions on the popular Fortnite video game alone \u2014 and raked in $22 billion in overall App Store commissions last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> founder Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have also slammed Apple\u2019s App Store practices.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/apple-google-store-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Apple CEO Tim Cook\" class=\"wp-image-19119277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/apple-google-store-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/apple-google-store-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/apple-google-store-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Apple CEO Tim Cook has defended the company\u2019s lucrative App Store policies, which critics say are too restrictive. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cApple app store fees are a de facto global tax on the Internet. Epic is right,\u201d said a typically blunt Musk in reference to Fortnite developer\u2019s lawsuit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Google, unlike Apple, lets users download apps from outside app stores. However, developers who use the Google\u2019s Play Store are required to use the company\u2019s payments processor, which also charges fees of up to 30 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado \u2014 who introduced the House bill alongside Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia \u2014 slammed both companies\u2019 app store policies as squashing competition and hurting developers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/ken-buck-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rep. Ken Buck\" class=\"wp-image-19119296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/ken-buck-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/ken-buck-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/ken-buck-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Republican Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado is co-sponsoring the legislation. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Michael Brochstein\/SOPA Images\/S<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor far too long, companies like Google and Apple have had a stranglehold on app developers who are forced to take whatever terms these monopolists set in order to reach their customers,\u201d said Buck.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Buck and Johnson\u2019s House bill follows the Senate bill introduced earlier this week by Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, as well as Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee. <\/p>\n<p>That bill would also allow developers to use third-party app stores and bar big app stores from requiring use of their payment systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Google and Apple did not immediately reply to requests for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/apple-google-store-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Google CEO Sundar Pichai\" class=\"wp-image-19119305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/apple-google-store-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/apple-google-store-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/apple-google-store-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Under CEO Sundar Pichai, Google requires developers who distribute apps through the Play Store to use the company\u2019s payments processor, which charges fees of up to 30 percent.\u00a0<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Apple has previously defended its restrictive app store as \u201can unprecedented engine of economic growth and innovation\u201d and claimed the store \u201csupports more than 2.1 million jobs across all 50 states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found this predatory abuse of\u00a0Apple\u00a0and Google so deeply offensive on so many levels,\u201d Blumenthal said earlier this week. \u201cTheir power has reached a point where they are impacting the whole economy in stifling and strangling innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the congressional bills, Google is fighting a lawsuit from a group of state attorneys <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> who also argue that the company\u2019s sky-high app store fees constitute an unlawful monopoly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hank-Johnson-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rep. Hank Johnson\" class=\"wp-image-19119402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hank-Johnson-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hank-Johnson-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/Hank-Johnson-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia is co-sponsoring the House bill. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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