Rep. Kat Cammack's bill seeks to end anti-competitive practices in app stores, promoting innovation and giving users more control over pre-installed apps.
A new bill in Congress could give Americans more options for how they download apps on their devices amid antitrust scrutiny of the large app stores operated by Apple and Google. Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., introduced the App Store Freedom Act in May, which would require large app store operators with more than 100 million U.S. users to allow them to set third-party apps or app stores as their default while allowing users to remove or hide apps that were pre-installed on devices.
It would allow consumers to be able to pull apps off that are predownloaded and sideload new marketplaces. I think this is important because there's going to be marketplaces that will pop up that cater to certain demographics" she added.
On a lot of the gaming platforms, they're seeing a lot of concerning content. So you're going to start seeing marketplaces that cater particularly to parents and hosting apps that are specifically vetted and really appropriate for a particular age demographic," Cammack explained. "I think that that new marketplace is on the cusp of being opened to consumers." "At the end of the day, as Americans, we want to see innovation," she said.
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