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Last Checked Oct. 10, 2021

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Fri Aug 27 13:24:06 +0000 2021

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Richard Blumenthal @SenBlumenthal

This marks a significant step forward, but does not rectify the full & vivid range of market abuses & practices still widespread across app markets that my & Senator Blackburn’s Open App Markets Act would address. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 27, 2021

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Richard Blumenthal @SenBlumenthal

This is a powerful sign that Apple&Google’s stranglehold over app store markets is self-serving. These tech giants thought they could get away with squashing competition to pocket hefty windfalls—all while insisting their ironclad grip on app markets serves consumers/developers. — PolitiTweet.org

The Washington Post @washingtonpost

Apple says it will let app developers collect payments outside its App Store, a major concession bowing to antitrus… https://t.co/7ojqN52YX9

Posted Aug. 27, 2021

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Richard Blumenthal @SenBlumenthal

This move only adds to the momentum & further exposes rampant anticompetitive abuses in the app markets. The fox guarding the hen house status quo will remain until there are clear & enforceable rules for Apple & Google to play by. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 27, 2021

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