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Meta and Spotify are teaming up to lobby against Apple and Google


App makers want to take on Apple and Google.

“What these founding companies share in common is they rely on the mobile ecosystem in order to serve their customers,” Brandon Kressin, the director of the coalition, told Bloomberg. Utah has already passed a law requiring app stores to verify user ages, and the new coalition intends to support similar bills in other states, and efforts to introduce equivalents in the House and Senate. The judge ruled that Apple is no longer allowed to collect fees on purchases made outside apps or restrict how developers can direct users to other payment options.

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