How the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (S. 2992) Would Undermine App Stores
S. 2992 seeks to undo the current management structures of large, privately managed marketplaces, including software platforms (app store / operating system combinations). The provisions seek to limit actions large [...]
2022 Annotated App Store Guidelines
As lawmakers continue to consider measures that would restrict the ability of app platforms to manage their ecosystems, ACT | The App Association remains concerned that such limitations would massively [...]
Privacy and Antitrust Part 2: What’s Really at Stake if Congress Prohibits App Store Management?
Antitrust reform advocates argue strenuously that consumers will not lose privacy or security benefits if Congress prohibits mobile software platforms from being able to remove malware and other bad actors [...]
Antitrust and Privacy Part 1: The Market for Privacy on Mobile Platforms
It’s often said that privacy means different things to different people. But increasingly, policymakers, courts—and most importantly, consumers—are seeing privacy, in its shifting forms, as a tangible benefit with real [...]
ACT | The App Association congratulates the Honorable Laurie Locascio on her recent confirmation as director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
ACT | The App Association congratulates the Honorable Laurie Locascio on her recent confirmation as director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Under Director Locascio’s leadership, the [...]
Privacy Must Come First: Competition Without Privacy Protection is Bad for Consumers and Small Businesses
Today, ACT | The App Association released a statement from president Morgan Reed supporting the need for privacy controls: “Open and fair competition in the digital marketplace drives our members’ [...]