PROMOTING APP STORE COMPETITION
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid building momentum to rein in Big Tech’s anticompetitive practices, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) announced growing bipartisan support for the Open App Markets Act, which would set fair, clear, and enforceable rules to protect competition and strengthen consumer protections within the app market. The legislation, first introduced in August along with Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), was recently co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Two companies, Google and Apple, have gatekeeper control of the two dominant mobile operating systems and their app stores. Google and Apple’s dominance allows them to exclusively dictate the terms of the app market, inhibiting competition and restricting consumer…