The bill would make it so app stores with more than 50 million U.S. users cannot require developers to use the platform’s payment system as a condition for distribution.
They also can’t prevent or punish developers for offering their apps at different price points elsewhere. It would additionally require the app stores to allow developers to directly reach their users for legitimate business purposes.
The legislation addresses key gripes app developers including Spotify, Epic Games, Basecamp and others have raised about Apple and Google’s fees for distribution and prohibitions on the ways in which they can communicate with customers or offer lower prices elsewhere.
The app store operators have opposed the bill as originally drafted, warning it could jeopardize consumer privacy and result in a worse user experience.
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