“Big Tech” Is Trying to Kill the Senate’s Open-Market Bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee advancing the Open App Markets Act has raised the ire of Big Tech. The act, if passed, would set high-level rules to combat Apple and Google’s anti-competitive behaviors on their respective app stores, such as kicking off and copying their competitors. However, tech giants claim the act has an unintended consequence, which is that preventing these otherwise anti-competitive measures can put their customers’ safety and privacy at risk. But the facts simply do not support Big Tech’s rationale here. What’s worse, these companies’ unfettered enjoyment of their dual monopolies over app stores can ultimately increase a consumer’s vulnerability to cyberthreats.
