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US senators reintroduce bill to open Apple and Google's app stores
A bipartisan group of senators have reintroduced a bill requiring app stores to support sideloading and alternative payments systems.
Senators Marsha Blacburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) have reintroduced a bill that would force app store owners like Apple and Google to allow third-party payment systems and sideloading apps, among a collection of other developer-friendly changes. Like the original bill, the reintroduced Open App Markets Act wants covered companies to allow things like sideloading, third-party app stores and alternative payments systems, while protecting developers ability to "tell consumers about lower prices and offer competitive pricing." For example, Utah recently passed an age-verification law that would require app stores to only allow users 18 and up to make an account.
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