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Apple and Google seem to be worried about legislation that would force iOS and Android to be more open to third-party app shops and sideloaded apps.
US Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn. ), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn. ), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn. ) introduced their Open App Markets Act yesterday. Shortly after the senators announced the bill, a group funded by Apple and Google sent a statement to media claiming that the proposed law “is a finger in the eye of anyone who bought an iPhone or Android because the phones and their app stores are safe, reliable, and easy to use. ”
The statement came from the “Chamber of Progress, inch which calls itself “a new center-left tech industry policy coalition promoting technology’s progressive future. inches
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