USA want to open App Store
The US Department of Commerce is now also demanding that Apple’s App Store must open. The current model is harmful for users and developers. Apple must finally allow alternative app stores and sideloading, so the demand.
Apple: Pressure to open the App Store is growing
After the EU had already agreed on stricter regulation of mobile app stores with the Digital Markets Act, Apple is now increasingly being targeted in the USA. The local Ministry of Commerce spoke out with unusually clear words. Apple’s current model, which doesn’t allow for third-party app stores or sideloading of apps, the ministry believes “harmful for consumers and developers”.
Closed app stores would result in large corporations like Apple acting as gatekeepers for apps and enforce excessive prices could. In addition, the practice leads to limited innovation and little competition. Most recently, US President Joe Biden also spoke out in favor of bringing more competition to the country’s technology sector overall.
According to the report by the Department of Commerce, Apple should, among other things, be obliged to allow in-app purchases via payment systems other than its own (source: hot online). Own apps should also be available in the App Store not flagged as anti-competitive become. In addition, it is planned that users can select apps such as the browser or the e-mail program via a menu on iPhones and iPads. Apps that are pre-installed by Apple should be easy to delete.
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Apple defends itself: safety first
Apple has commented on the report now submitted by the Department of Commerce not yet taken a position. Since the allegations themselves are not new, the group is likely to fall back on arguments that have already been put forward in the past. Apple sees the security of its users at risk when third-party apps and app stores find their way onto the iPhone and iPad.
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