Senators want to rein in Apple and Google’s app store dominance

Blumenthal stated Epic is “just one amongst a lot of victims right here.” Testifying alongside representatives from Google and Apple on the April listening to have been builders from Spotify, Tile and Match Group, which accused the tech giants of utilizing their energy to squash competitors. Spotify’s chief authorized officer, Horacio Gutierrez, known as on lawmakers to develop laws to deal with their competitors issues in app shops, and on Wednesday he issued a press release calling on Congress “to swiftly go” the Open App Markets Act.