Bipartisan Senate Legislation Would Regulate Google's, Apple's App Stores

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation to regulate Google and Apple’s app stores, in the latest signal of the growing political will to loosen large tech companies’ grip on smaller developers. The Open App Markets Act would fundamentally alter the way smartphone apps function by requiring companies running large app stores, like Apple and Google, to allow people to download apps out side of stores and grant users the ability to install alternative app stores.