Apple and Google by default of app platforms – to receive third -party stores through applications
Congress member Florida has submitted a new bill called Cat Kamac, the App Store Freedom Act, which tries to promote competition and protect users and developers in app sales platforms. The goal is to prohibit some confrontal anti -confreal methods of dominant platforms such as Apple and Google.
According to ProposalPlatform operators as more than 100 million users from the United States They must allow users to define other stores or access third party applications by default. The goal is to remove the power to the dominant platforms imposing their stores. Pre -installed applications must also be removed or hidden. The proposal has asked the companies to access the developers equally to interfaces, features and development tools.
Kat Kamac said it is necessary to maintain a large technology to promote the competition that allows everyone to enter the business. “For a long time, customers and developers supported the weight of confidential anti -methods in major app stores.” It accused the dominant platforms to control data and to force the development of their own market areas without promoting the developer applications. This leads to confidential anti -techniques for developers who take high prices and limited options and innovations.
In addition to opening platforms for all developers, the The aim of the legal proposal is to ban application stores for studies to use internal payment systemsIt imposes price equality requirements and punishes those who want to distribute their applications elsewhere.
The law aims to give customers the ability to choose better applications, platforms and payment techniques without forceing developers. ”Pay the price that wants to be free from the preferences of dominant market spaces”Congress member said. App Store freedom This may be a “game changer” for us by giving us more selection and control over their equipment.
