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Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
RT @benedictevans: I would be really surprised if any of the regulatory processes pointed at app stores concluded that sideloading and comp… — PolitiTweet.org
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In the hearing's final minutes, Spotify and Tile are telling Sen. Klobuchar they want more specific legislation just to deal with app stores. — PolitiTweet.org
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Apple testifies that it does not engage in self-preferencing in search on its app store. — PolitiTweet.org
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Sorry -- the economic opportunity of the app *economy* — PolitiTweet.org
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"It's an integrated feature of our devices so we don't have a separate profit and loss statement for the app store," Apple's Andeer says, before citing the economic opportunity of the app store, which is an estimated $500 billion. — PolitiTweet.org
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Klobuchar asks Apple about reported figures about the app store's profitability. She cites the House antitrust report's estimate that Apple makes $15-18 billion/yr from the app store, and Apple v. Epic testimony that it costs $100m/yr to run the app store. Apple doesn't comment — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Lee asks Apple to respond. Apple points to Spotify's success, citing the number of times it's been downloaded on iOS and how it's a leader in digital streaming. "We've been supporting these businesses. There's no evidence of retaliation." — PolitiTweet.org
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Spotify says it believes it has been the target of retaliation from Apple over its noncompliance with Apple's payment rules, from "waiting months for our app updates to be approved" to not getting promotion on the store because "we were a competitor." — PolitiTweet.org
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brings *up* — PolitiTweet.org
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Oh boy. Sen. Blackburn brings Apple's willingness to remove Fortnite, but only in contrast with what she says is Apple's unwillingness to confront the Chinese government on Hong Kong and minority repression. — PolitiTweet.org
Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
Sen. Ossoff asks Apple and Google about scam apps that are "trivially easy" to find on their platforms. Apple argues it invests a lot into security and then continues by saying if it allows sideloading of apps or other app stores then "this problem will only multiply." — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Blumenthal says Apple and Google's conduct is "patently indefensible." On Google's call to Match Group last night, Blumenthal says that is "potentially actionable" and suggests the subcommittee should investigate. (!) Sen. Klobuchar says "that's the plan." — PolitiTweet.org
Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
Apple's argument is that a transaction is a digital service if "all of the experience is contained within the four corners of the device." So ebook purchases or online dating would be covered, but not Uber because you're calling a physical car to your house. Lee is confused. — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Lee had a really interesting exchange with Apple and Google asking them to justify their 30% fees for digital services while charging lower or no fees for non-digital transactions. What is the difference? Lee asks. — PolitiTweet.org
Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
I'm about eight minutes behind on the stream because I keep needing to rewind to catch important exchanges. Too much is happening! — PolitiTweet.org
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Apple testifies that "we did not copy Tile's product, we did not copy Tile's application... this is a very different product. We're excited to compete and offer that choice to our consumers." — PolitiTweet.org
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Match's Jared Sine also alleges that Google tried to retaliate when it found out about Match's testimony today, citing a phone call last night inquiring about its remarks. Google's rep says "I respectfully don't view that as a threat, and we would never threaten our partners." — PolitiTweet.org
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Match Group tells lawmakers that app store fees are its "single largest expense, eclipsing *half a billion* dollars annually." — PolitiTweet.org
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Tile's Kirsten Daru went after Apple's just-announced AirTag device, complaining that Apple has rebuffed Tile's requests to access the same ultra-wideband wireless chip in Apple devices used by AirTag "because Apple has decided to reserve its use exclusively in its product." — PolitiTweet.org
Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
Spotify now blasting Apple for its control over the iOS app store. "Legislative action is urgently needed to give antitrust enforcement agencies the tools they need to prevent gatekeeper platforms like Apple from abusing the power of their platform" —Spotify's Horacio Gutierrez — PolitiTweet.org
Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
RT @ceciliakang: Vanita Gupta will have a big DOJ portfolio. Big Tech should pay attention for her experience as a consistent critic of Fac… — PolitiTweet.org
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Apple's chief compliance officer now making the company's case, focusing heavily on the app store's security and innovation benefits. "The app store isn't just a store; it's a studio stocked with canvases, brushes and paint, the tools that artists need to create their works." — PolitiTweet.org
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Lee returns to a line he's used before, attempting to characterize platform moderation decisions (like Parler's removal) as evidence of an antitrust problem even as he acknowledges those decisions aren't a per se antitrust violation. — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Lee immediately brings up Parler in his opening remarks and how it was removed from the app stores. — PolitiTweet.org
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Sen. Klobuchar argues that any benefits Apple and Google have created for consumers or developers don't offset antitrust liability they may incur if they are "harming competition with other developers." — PolitiTweet.org
Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
The Senate antitrust subcommittee hearing on app stores is getting underway. Watch live here: https://t.co/2UhxQJPA5m — PolitiTweet.org
Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
The folks behind Signal found vulnerabilities in a widely known iPhone unlocking tool that threaten to make the tool essentially worthless at its job https://t.co/l8ILXyKLAf https://t.co/x6tU4LFwZK — PolitiTweet.org
Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
The funniest part of this is why the Postal Service is calling it the “covert operations program” as if calling it Super Duper Secret will, in fact, keep it a secret https://t.co/4YdOcjh6pZ — PolitiTweet.org
Brian Fung | @[email protected] @b_fung
And the hearing’s over now. On to the app store hearing, which begins in just under two hours! — PolitiTweet.org
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Khan seems to take a veiled swipe at Facebook’s $5 billion FTC privacy settlement, saying that "in some cases, some of these companies may think it’s actually worth the cost of business to violate privacy laws." Critics have panned the deal as little more than a wrist-slap. — PolitiTweet.org
