As the clock winds down on both chambers heading into August, antitrust advocates are throwing late-round haymakers to blacken Beltway eyes, obscuring a clearer picture of the antitrust bills’ (S. 2992’s and S. 2710’s) harmful results. The bills’ backers have achieved some success, as some of this beat’s most respected [...]
Debate over the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA, S. 2992/H.R. 3816) and the Open App Markets Act (OAMA, S. 2710/H.R. 7030), two antitrust bills pending in Congress, is heating up. We oppose the bills in part because of the effect they’d have on consumer trust in the app [...]
As Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) continues to seek supporters for her so-called platform antitrust bills, including by offering largely symbolic “revisions” (we remain unconvinced), some unlikely (though not entirely unexpected) allies are emerging from the woodwork. Though Senator Klobuchar often claims that the purpose of the bills is to knock [...]
We often say that there is no such thing as a “tech industry” because, in our experience, app and connected device companies are solving problems in virtually every industry. Some are better positioning bars and restaurants to weather the global pandemic; others are revolutionizing agriculture by monitoring cattle and preserving [...]
It is not lost on U.S. lawmakers that competition legislation intended to rein in “Big Tech” would have far-reaching effects on the economy. What they perhaps did not bargain for is the impact such legislation would have on consumer privacy and security—even national security. ACT | The App Association and [...]
