ACT | The App Association Letter to the United States Treasury, Department of Commerce, and Trade Representative regarding Japan’s Implementation of its Promotion of Competition for Specified Smartphone Software Act
Debunking the “Contracts” Red Herring in App Store Age Verification
As App Store Accountability Act proponents put more chum in the water, one particular red herring stands out. Specifically, some of the proponents of the bills argue that because minors’ use of an app store involves an agreement, a statutory mandate should exist for app stores to obtain parental [...]
Apps are Businesses, not Items on the Shelf
For users, it’s easy to think of an app store as a big box retailer. You browse the shelves, find the app you want, and make your purchase. Unfortunately, policymakers are beginning to look at app stores this way too. This is a problem because developers know that apps [...]
What’s the FTC’s Tech Antitrust Vision?
Observing all of the policy ordnance leaping from the previous Administration’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC), one has a sense of its relentless ideological certainty. And yet, it is difficult to identify from it a unified or tangible FTC vision for the ideal state of competition in digital markets. What [...]